Opinion
No. 17-30203
08-21-2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DREW DUDLEY JOHN FISHER, Defendant-Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 1:17-cr-00027-SPW MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana
Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding Before: FARRIS, BYBEE, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Drew Dudley John Fisher appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 180-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for aggravated sexual abuse, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153(a) and 2241(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Fisher contends that his above-Guidelines sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court placed too much weight on the nature and circumstances of the offense, and too little weight on his dysfunctional upbringing and mental health and substance abuse issues. The district court did not abuse its discretion. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The record reflects that the court considered Fisher's mitigating arguments - including his young age, difficult upbringing, and substance abuse issues - as well as the aggravating circumstances of his history and the nature of his offense before determining that the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors warranted an above-Guidelines sentence. The sentence is also substantively reasonable in light of the section 3553(a) factors and the totality of the circumstances. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51; see also United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir. 2009) ("The weight to be given the various [section 3553(a)] factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the district court.")
AFFIRMED.