United States of America v. Matthew Jay Garcia

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 21-1743
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Matthew Jay Garcia
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the District of North Dakota - Eastern
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Submitted: December 22, 2021
Filed: December 28, 2021
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Matthew Garcia appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised release
and sentenced him to 12 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release. His
1The Honorable Peter D. Welte, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the District of North Dakota.

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counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief challenging the
sentence.
After careful review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not
abuse its discretion in sentencing Garcia. The sentence was within the advisory
Guidelines range, and below the statutory limit, see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3)
(maximum revocation prison term is 5 years for Class A felony); 21 U.S.C.
§ 841(b)(1)(A) (maximum supervised release term is life). It properly considered the
sentencing factors and did not commit a clear error of judgment in weighing them.
See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915-18 (8th Cir. 2009); see also United
States v. White Face, 383 F.3d 733, 740 (8th Cir. 2004).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.
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