United States of America v. Lajuan D. House

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-3291
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Lajuan D. House
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: June 18, 2026
Filed: June 24, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before LAVENSKI R. SMITH, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Lajuan House appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised release
and imposed an above-Guidelines-range sentence of 24 months in prison with no term
1The Honorable David Gregory Kays, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.

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of supervised release to follow. On appeal, House argues the district court imposed
a substantively unreasonable revocation sentence.
Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we
conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing House. See
United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917-18 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review).
Though House disagrees with the weight given to certain sentencing factors, there is
no indication the district court failed to consider a relevant factor, gave significant
weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in
weighing relevant factors. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923 (8th Cir.
2006) (discussing substantive reasonableness); see also United States v. Vaca, 38
F.4th 718, 724 (8th Cir. 2022) (explaining that “mere disagreement” with how the
court weighed the factors “does not justify reversal”).
Accordingly, we affirm.
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