United States of America v. Ronnie C. Gaines, also known as Mississippi

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-2725
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Ronnie C. Gaines, also known as Mississippi
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield
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Submitted: December 21, 2020
Filed: January 7, 2021
[Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Ronnie C. Gaines appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised
release, and imposed a prison term within the Chapter 7 advisory Guidelines range
1The Honorable Stephen R. Bough, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.

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and statutory maximum. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed
a brief suggesting that the revocation sentence is substantively unreasonable. We
conclude that Gaines’s revocation sentence is not substantively unreasonable. See
18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) (maximum revocation prison term is 3 years if underlying
offense is Class B felony, and 2 years if underlying offense is class C felony); United
States v. Perkins, 526 F.3d 1107, 1109-10 (8th Cir. 2008) (substantive reasonableness
of revocation sentence is reviewed for abuse of discretion; revocation sentence within
Guidelines range is accorded presumption of substantive reasonableness on appeal).
We therefore affirm, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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