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Summary: Case: 12-11263 Document: 00512557370 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/11/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 12-11263 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 11, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. GEORGE BRENT CHIVERS, Defendant-Appellant Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:10-CR-35-3 Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: *
Summary: Case: 12-11263 Document: 00512557370 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/11/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 12-11263 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 11, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. GEORGE BRENT CHIVERS, Defendant-Appellant Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:10-CR-35-3 Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * G..
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Case: 12-11263 Document: 00512557370 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/11/2014
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-11263
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
March 11, 2014
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
GEORGE BRENT CHIVERS,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:10-CR-35-3
Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
George Brent Chivers appeals the 57-month sentence imposed on
remand from this court. Chivers, who was convicted of one count of conspiracy
to commit mail fraud and two counts of aiding and abetting mail fraud,
contends that his above-guidelines sentence is procedurally unreasonable
because the district court failed to explain the sentence adequately. He also
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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argues that the sentence violates his due process rights because it resulted
from judicial vindictiveness.
Chivers has failed to demonstrate that the district court plainly erred by
failing to explain the sentence adequately. When imposing the 57-month
sentence, the district court stated that it considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
factors, his history of violence against women, and his behavior at the
resentencing hearing. See United States v. Key,
599 F.3d 469, 474-75 (5th Cir.
2010). He has also failed to demonstrate that the sentence resulted from
judicial vindictiveness; the sentence received on resentencing was not harsher
than the sentence received at sentencing. See United States v. Moore,
997 F.2d
30, 37-38 (5th Cir. 1993). Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is
AFFIRMED.
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