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473 F. App'x 400
5th Cir.
2012
Case Information

*1 Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: [*]

Corey Holmes appeals the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release on the basis, inter alia, that he possessed a controlled substance and failed to submit to drug testing. The district court imposed a 24- month sentence to “serve as punishment and deterrence as well as protection of the public from further criminal activity.” Holmes contends that the court erred in light of United States v. Miller , 634 F.3d 841, 844 (5th Cir.), cert. denied , 132 S. Ct. 496 (2011). We review for plain error because Holmes failed to preserve *2 Case: 11-11073 Document: 00511930254 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/23/2012

No. 11-11073

the purported Miller error in the district court. See United States v. Whitelaw , 580 F.3d 256, 259 (5th Cir. 2009).

In Miller , we held that it is improper for a district court to rely on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A) factors, which include punishment, for the modification or revocation of a term of supervised release because Congress deliberately omitted that subsection from the first clause of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e). 634 F.3d at 844. Unlike the revocation under § 3583(e) at issue in Miller , the revocation of Holmes’s term of supervised release was mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g). Because § 3583(g) does not expressly invoke the § 3553(a) factors or the limits imposed by the first clause of § 3583(e), we find no clear or obvious error under Miller . See United States v. Giddings , 37 F.3d 1091, 1095-97 (5th Cir. 1994); see also United States v. Ibanez , 454 F. App’x 328, 330 (5th Cir. 2011), cert. denied , 132 S. Ct. 1981 (2012).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED

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Notes

[*] Pursuant to 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR . R. 47.5.4.

Case Details

Case Name: United States v. Corey Holmes
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date Published: Jul 23, 2012
Citations: 473 F. App'x 400; 11-11073
Docket Number: 11-11073
Court Abbreviation: 5th Cir.
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