USA v. Eddie Oglesby, Jr.

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In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Eleventh Circuit
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No. 23-10905
Non-Argument Calendar
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
EDDIE JOE OGLESBY, JR.,
a.k.a. Gabriel Ethan Collins,
a.k.a. Shadow,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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D.C. Docket No. 5:21-cr-00076-JA-PRL-1
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Before N EWSOM, ABUDU , and ANDERSON , Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Joe Oglesby, Jr., appeals his sentence of 960 months’ impris-
onment and life term of supervised release for receiving child por-
nography and enticing a minor to produce child pornography. He
argues that the district court procedurally erred and deprived him
of due process by failing to orally pronounce all the conditions of
his supervised release that were included in his written judgment.
He also argues that the district court erred by failing to make an
individualized assessment as to whether the conditions of super-
vised release were reasonably related to the sentencing factors and
involved no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably neces-
sary.
I.
Generally, when a defendant fails to object to the conditions
of his supervised release at sentencing, we review his argument for
plain error. See United States v. Rodriguez, 75 F.4th 1231, 1246 n.5
(11th Cir. 2023). But when a defendant is deprived of the oppor-
tunity to object to his conditions of supervised release at sentenc-
ing, we review a challenge to the imposition of those conditions de
novo. Id. Under plain-error review, the defendant must show there
was (1) error; (2) that is plain; (3) that affects substantial rights; and
(4) that seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation
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of judicial proceedings. United States v. Monroe, 353 F.3d 1346, 1349
(11th Cir. 2003).
“When the oral pronouncement of a sentence varies from
the written judgment, the oral pronouncement governs.” United
States v. Chavez, 204 F.3d 1305, 1316 (11th Cir. 2000). We first deter-
mine whether the oral and written conditions of supervised release
“unambiguously conflict[].” See United States v. Bates, 213 F.3d 1336,
1340 (11th Cir. 2000). If so, we must direct a limited remand with
instructions for the district court to “enter an amended judgment
that conforms to its oral pronouncement.” Chavez, 204 F.3d at
1316. But when there is merely ambiguity, “as opposed to a conflict
between the oral pronouncement and the written judgment,” the
written judgment governs. United States v. Purcell, 715 F.2d 561, 563
(11th Cir. 1983).
Section 3583 imposes several mandatory conditions of su-
pervised release and provides that the court may order further con-
ditions. 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d). The Guidelines allow the court to im-
pose other discretionary conditions and provide 13 standard condi-
tions that are generally recommended, as well as several special
conditions. U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(b)-(d).
We recently held that a district court violated the defend-
ant’s right to due process by failing to orally pronounce discretion-
ary conditions of supervised release at sentencing which were in-
cluded in the written judgment. Rodriguez, 75 F.4th at 1246-50. Dis-
cretionary conditions include any condition other than the manda-
tory conditions listed in § 3583(d). Id. at 1246. The district court
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may satisfy this requirement by orally adopting the conditions of
supervised release listed in the PSI or in a standing administrative
order. Id. “By referencing at sentencing a written list, the court
affords any defendant who is unfamiliar with the conditions the op-
portunity to inquire about and challenge them.” Id. “[T]he mere
existence of an administrative order recommending certain condi-
tions of supervised release, without in-court adoption of that list
by the sentencing court,” is insufficient to satisfy due process. Id.
at 1249. In Rodriguez, the court only stated at sentencing that the
defendant would serve a term of supervised release without mak-
ing any reference to the discretionary conditions. See id. at 1240.
We thus remanded in order to give the defendant an opportunity
to be heard and for the court to reconsider whether to impose each
of the discretionary conditions. Id. at 1249.
Research does not reveal a standing order in the Middle Dis-
trict of Florida concerning conditions of supervised release. See
Standing Orders/Plans/Procedures, M.D. Fla.,
https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/standing-orders-plans-proce-
dures. However, its website contains Form AO 245B, the standard
template form used for a judgment in a criminal case, which lists
the mandatory conditions—as well as 13 standard conditions—of
supervised release. M.D. Fla., AO 245B, Judgment in a Criminal
Case, https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/ao245b.pdf
(“Form AO 245B”). The standard conditions in Form AO 245B
mostly mirror those in § 5D1.3(c), but standard condition ten pro-
hibits the defendant from possessing a firearm, which is not a
standard condition found in § 5D1.3(c). Form AO 245B at 6; see
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U.S.S.G. § 5D1.3(c). The Probation Office in the Middle District of
Florida maintains a webpage listing standard conditions of super-
vision. Standard Conditions, United States Probation Middle Dis-
trict of Florida, https://www.flmp.uscourts.gov/standard-condi-
tions (last accessed February 28, 2024) (“Probation Conditions”).
As an initial matter, we review Oglesby’s claim for plain er-
ror because he had the opportunity to object to the conditions of
supervised release below and failed to do so. See Rodriguez, 75 F.4th
at 1246 n.5. Unlike in Rodriguez, the district court’s pronounce-
ment of “mandatory and standard conditions” adopted by the dis-
trict court gave Oglesby an opportunity to raise questions regard-
ing the standard conditions, but he failed to do so. See Rodriguez,
75 F.4th at 1240, 1246, 1249.
Here, the district court did not plainly err by failing to list
the 13 discretionary, standard conditions of supervised release dur-
ing the sentencing hearing because it explicitly incorporated the
standard conditions adopted in the Middle District of Florida. See
Rodriguez, 75 F.4th at 1246 n.5; Monroe, 353 F.3d at 1349. The facts
here differ from those in Rodriguez in an essential way because the
district court orally pronounced at sentencing that Oglesby must
comply with “the mandatory and standard conditions adopted by
the [c]ourt in the Middle District of Florida.” Thus, the district
court’s imposition of the standard conditions was sufficient to refer
Oglesby to the standard conditions articulated on the district
court’s probation office website and in the criminal judgment form
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available on the district court’s website, providing him an oppor-
tunity to object. Thus, we affirm the district court as to this issue.
II.
We review de novo a defendant’s challenges to the adequacy
of a district court’s sentencing explanation under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(c), even if the defendant did not object below. United States
v. Hamilton, 66 F.4th 1267, 1274-75 (11th Cir. 2023). “Because
§ 3553(c) applies to the entire sentence, and the term of supervised
release is part of that sentence, § 3553(c) necessarily applies to the
term of supervised release as part of the sentence imposed.” Id. at
1275.
The court may order any discretionary condition that: (1) is
reasonably related to the § 3553(a) factors, including the nature and
circumstances of the offense, history and characteristics of the de-
fendant, the seriousness of the offense, the need for adequate de-
terrence, the need to protect the public, and the need to provide
the defendant with corrective treatment; (2) involves no greater
deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary to accomplish
the goals set forth in § 3553(a); and (3) is consistent with pertinent
policy statements from the Sentencing Commission. United States
v. Taylor, 338 F.3d 1280, 1282-83 (11th Cir. 2003); see also 18 U.S.C.
§ 3583(d); U.S.S.G. §5D1.3(b).
The district court must “state in open court the reasons for
its imposition of the particular sentence” that it selects. 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(c). The degree of explanation required for a sentencing de-
cision varies based on the circumstances. Rita v. United States, 551
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U.S. 338, 356 (2007). The district court must set forth a sufficient
explanation to satisfy us that it has “considered the parties’ argu-
ments and has a reasoned basis” for its sentencing decision. Id.
While a district court must consider the § 3553(a) factors in deter-
mining a sentence, it is not required to state in its explanation that
it has evaluated each factor individually. United States v. Ortiz-Del-
gado, 451 F.3d 752, 758 (11th Cir. 2006). An acknowledgment by the
district court that it has considered the § 3553(a) factors is suffi-
cient. United States v. Turner, 474 F.3d 1265, 1281 (11th Cir. 2007).
Moreover, § 3553(c) does not require “two separate explanations—
one for the term of imprisonment and one for the term of super-
vised release,” so long as the explanation for the entire sentence is
adequate. Hamilton, 66 F.4th at 1275.
Here, the district court did not err in its explanation of the
necessity of the conditions of supervised release because it noted
Oglesby’s personal history and characteristics, the nature and cir-
cumstances of his crimes, the purposes for sentencing, and the fac-
tors from § 3553(a) in imposing his sentence. We do not require a
district court to articulate how each condition of supervised release
is reasonably related to the § 3553(a) factors or involves no greater
deprivation of liberty than is necessary, so long as the explanation
for the entire sentence is adequate. Taylor, 338 F.3d at 1283; Hamil-
ton, 66 F. 4th at 1275.
AFFIRMED.
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