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No. 15-4045
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:14-cr-00121-BO-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Richard
prison
Kirk
sentence,
Maynor
which
appeals
was
his
72-month
imposed
after
upward
variant
pled
guilty,
he
firearm
and
ammunition,
in
violation
of
18
U.S.C.
district
erred
court
procedurally
when
it
imposed
an
upward
Finding no error, we
affirm.
[I]f
party
repeats
on
appeal
claim
of
procedural
we
review
for
abuse
of
discretion
and
will
reverse
United
Thus, where,
of
its
responsibility
to
render
an
individualized
conclude
that
the
district
Id. at 578.
court
did
not
abuse
its
A
v.
Diosdado-Star,
(brackets
omitted).
630
Thus,
F.3d
a
359,
364
district
(4th
United
Cir.
courts
2011)
explanation
should provide some indication (1) that the court considered the
3553(a) factors with respect to the particular defendant; and
(2)
that
it
has
also
considered
the
potentially
meritorious
v.
Montes-Pineda,
445
F.3d
375,
380
(4th
United
Cir.
2006)
determining
whether
there
has
been
an
adequate
Id. at
381.
clear
that
the
district
court
considered
defense
counsels
sentencing,
departure,
J.A. 32.
the
emphasizing
government
Maynors
many
argued
for
unscored
an
upward
convictions.
which
responded
Guidelines
the
with
catalogued.
non-frivolous
arguments
addressing
each
of
J.A.
for
34-35.
within-
those
unscored
J.A. 36-
37.
sentence,
government
that.
You
can
do
it
if
influence me at all.
upwardly depart . . .
you
want
but
thats
Im going to vary.
not
going
to
Im not going to
J.A. 37.
court
found
it
unnecessary
for
Maynor
to
rebut
the
We further
hearing
and
said
enough
to
satisfy
us
that
it
with
contentions
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
We
and
legal
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED