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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-4075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TIMOTHY LOHRI, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:18-cr-00029-JPB-JPM-1) Submitted: September 24, 2019 Decided: September 26, 2019 Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-4075 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TIMOTHY LOHRI, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:18-cr-00029-JPB-JPM-1) Submitted: September 24, 2019 Decided: September 26, 2019 Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam o..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-4075
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
TIMOTHY LOHRI,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
Wheeling. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (5:18-cr-00029-JPB-JPM-1)
Submitted: September 24, 2019 Decided: September 26, 2019
Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Diana Stavroulakis, Weirton, West Virginia, for Appellant. Shawn Michael Adkins,
Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Timothy Lohri pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to one count of
conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21
U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(C), 846 (2012). Based on a total offense level of 29 and a criminal
history category of IV, Lohri’s advisory Guidelines range was 121 to 151 months’
imprisonment; the district court sentenced Lohri to 121 months. On appeal, Lohri’s
attorney has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting
that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal but questioning the substantive
reasonableness of Lohri’s sentence. Although advised of his right to file a supplemental
pro se brief, Lohri has not done so. We affirm.
We review Lohri’s sentence for reasonableness, applying an abuse of discretion
standard. Gall v. United States,
552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). This court first reviews for
significant procedural error, and if the sentence is free from such error, we then consider
substantive reasonableness.
Id. at 51. Procedural error includes improperly calculating the
Sentencing Guidelines range, treating the Guidelines range as mandatory, failing to
consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2012) factors, and failing to adequately explain the
selected sentence.
Id. Substantive reasonableness is determined by considering the totality
of the circumstances, and if the sentence is within the properly calculated Guidelines range,
this court applies a presumption of reasonableness. United States v. Strieper,
666 F.3d 288,
295 (4th Cir. 2012). We have reviewed the record and find that Lohri’s sentence is both
procedurally and substantively reasonable. The district court properly calculated Lohri’s
advisory Guidelines range and adequately explained its reasons for rejecting his request for
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a downward variance. Moreover, Lohri cannot overcome the presumption of
reasonableness accorded his within-Guidelines sentence.
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record and have found no
meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment. This court
requires that counsel inform Lohri, in writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of
the United States for further review. If Lohri requests that a petition be filed, but counsel
believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for
leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel’s motion must state that a copy thereof
was served on Lohri. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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