Opinion
No. 14-3257
03-23-2015
United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Michael D. Hancock Defendant - Appellant
Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield [Unpublished] Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
Michael Hancock was serving the supervised-release portion of his federal criminal sentence when his probation officer filed a violation report with the district court alleging that Hancock had violated several supervised-release conditions. Following a hearing, the district court concluded that Hancock had violated his release conditions and revoked supervised release, imposing a revocation sentence of 11 months in prison and two years of supervised release. For reversal, Hancock argues that the court committed plain error in sentencing him because the court gave significant weight to one of his prior convictions.
The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
After careful review, we find no abuse of discretion, see United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915-16 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review), much less plain error, and we affirm the judgment. Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, but we direct counsel to inform appellant about the procedures for filing a petition for rehearing and for certiorari.