United States of America v. Fallon A. Murphy

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-2848
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Fallon A. Murphy
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Northern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: February 24, 2026
Filed: February 27, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Fallon Murphy appeals after the district court1 revoked her supervised release
and sentenced her to 21 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release, with a
1The Honorable C.J. Williams, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the
Northern District of Iowa.

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special condition that she reside in a residential reentry center for up to 120 days. Her
counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief challenging the substantive
reasonableness of the sentence and the reentry center requirement.
Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude that Murphy’s sentence was
not unreasonable, as there is no indication that the district court failed to consider the
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, gave significant weight to an improper or irrelevant
factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the relevant factors. See
United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923-24 (8th Cir. 2006) (sentence may be
unreasonable if district court fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight
to improper factor, or commits clear error of judgment; court may consider criminal
history and history on supervised release); United States v. Beckwith, 57 F.4th 630,
632 (8th Cir. 2023) (per curiam) (revocation sentence within Guidelines range is
accorded a presumption of substantive reasonableness on appeal).
We also conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by requiring
Murphy to return to a reentry center. See United States v. Thompson, 888 F.3d 347,
351 (8th Cir. 2018) (this court will affirm if basis for special condition can be
discerned from record); United States v. Melton, 666 F.3d 513, 517-18 (8th Cir.
2012) (18 U.S.C. § 3563(b)(11) and U.S.S.G. § 5B1.3(e)(1) expressly authorize a
special supervised-release condition requiring temporary residence at a reentry center,
and this Court has “regularly upheld” the reentry requirement as reasonable; district
court has broad discretion to impose special conditions that are reasonably related to
18 U.S.C. § 3553 factors, involve no greater deprivation of liberty than reasonably
necessary, and are consistent with any pertinent Sentencing Commission policy
statements).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.
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