United States of America v. Trevion Dickson

24-2946Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitAug 21, 2026

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United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-2011
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Trevion Dickson
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central
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Submitted: August 4, 2026
Filed: August 7, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before GRASZ, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Trevion Dickson appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pled
guilty to firearm and drug offenses. He challenges the sentence as substantively
unreasonable.
1The Honorable Brian S. Miller, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.

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Upon careful review, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion
in sentencing Dickson. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir.
2009) (en banc) (sentences are reviewed for substantive reasonableness under
deferential abuse-of-discretion standard; abuse of discretion occurs when court fails
to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight to improper or irrelevant factor,
or commits clear error of judgment in weighing appropriate factors); United States
v. Mangum, 625 F.3d 466, 469-70 (8th Cir. 2010) (upward variance is reasonable
where court “makes an individualized assessment based on facts presented” (cleaned
up)); United States v. Cloud, 956 F.3d 985, 988 (8th Cir. 2019) (rejecting argument
that district court considered improper factor where it was unclear if district court
considered factor at all, and review of record confirmed court did not afford it
significant weight). Accordingly, we affirm.
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