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Summary: Case: 12-13479 Date Filed: 11/15/2012 Page: 1 of 4 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-13479 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 3:09-cr-00306-TJC-MCR-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SHARON KELLER BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _ (November 15, 2012) Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Appellant Sharon Ke
Summary: Case: 12-13479 Date Filed: 11/15/2012 Page: 1 of 4 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 12-13479 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 3:09-cr-00306-TJC-MCR-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SHARON KELLER BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida _ (November 15, 2012) Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Appellant Sharon Kel..
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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-13479
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 3:09-cr-00306-TJC-MCR-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
SHARON KELLER BAKER,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(November 15, 2012)
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Appellant Sharon Keller Baker appeals the district court’s modification of
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her conditions of supervised release, following her failure to comply with her
original conditions of supervised release. As part of her original sentence, Baker
was required to spend five months in a Residential Re-Entry Center program. She
was unsuccessfully discharged from Keeton, her assigned program, before the
completion of her term.
On appeal, she argues that the district court abused its discretion by finding
that she violated her conditions of supervised release for failing to complete her
five-month program at Keeton. She contends that Keeton failed to provide her
with notice and a hearing, as was required by Keeton’s handbook, before
discharging her from the program. She asserts that this was a violation of her due
process rights, and she should not have been found to be in violation of her
supervised release.
We review the modification of supervised release under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)
for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Zinn,
321 F.3d 1084, 1087 (11th Cir.
2003) (noting that court reviews the district court’s sentence of supervised release
for abuse of discretion); see also United States v. Copeland,
20 F.3d 412, 413
(11th Cir. 1994) (stating that court reviews for abuse of discretion a district court’s
conclusion that an appellant violated the terms of his supervised release). This
standard of review recognizes the range of possible conclusions that a district
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court may reach, and “we must affirm unless we find that the district court has
made a clear error of judgment, or has applied the wrong legal standard.” United
States v. Frazier,
387 F.3d 1244, 1259 (11th Cir. 2004) (en banc).
Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permits a district
court to modify the conditions of supervised release after holding a hearing at
which the individual has the right to counsel and an opportunity to make a
statement and present any mitigating information. Fed.R.Crim.P 32.1(c)(1). The
district court’s disposition of the case is governed by 18 U.S.C. § 3583.
Fed.R.Crim.P 32.1(d). Under § 3583, after considering the factors listed at 18
U.S.C. §§ 3553(a)(1), 3553(a)(2)(B)-(D), and 3553(a)(4)-(7), a district court may
“modify, reduce, or enlarge the conditions of supervised release, at any time prior
to the expiration or termination of the term of supervised release.” 18 U.S.C.
§ 3583(e)(2).
We conclude from the record that the district court did not abuse its
discretion in modifying the conditions of Baker’s supervised release. Baker failed
to fulfill her five-month term at Keeton before she was unsuccessfully discharged
from the program for her poor behavior and rule violations. After allowing her to
present mitigating arguments and considering the § 3553(a) factors, the district
court modified the conditions of Baker’s supervised release. See 18 U.S.C.
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§ 3583(d); Fed.R.Crim.P. 32.1. Though Baker argues that Keeton did not afford
her sufficient due process before discharging her from the program, she does not
explain how this constituted an abuse of discretion on the part of the district court.
Because Baker violated her conditions of supervised release and the district court
complied with Rule 32.1 and § 3583(e)(2), we hold the district court did not abuse
its discretion in modifying her conditions of supervised release. Accordingly, we
affirm the district court’s order modifying Baker’s conditions of supervised
release.
AFFIRMED.
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