United States v. Abiodun Oladele

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 17-2961

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Abiodun Oluwaseye Oladele

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis

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Submitted: June 11, 2018

Filed: July 9, 2018

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Abiodun Oluwaseye Oladele pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and received a sentence of 50 months in prison. Oladele challenges his sentence, arguing

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that the district court1 committed procedural error and that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. After a careful review of the record, we reject both arguments, particularly given that the court imposed a below-Guidelines-range sentence. See United States v. Chavarria-Ortiz, 828 F.3d 668, 671–72 (8th Cir. 2016) (approving of a similar explanation for a within-Guidelines-range sentence); United States v. Lazarski, 560 F.3d 731, 733 (8th Cir. 2009) (“[I]t is nearly inconceivable that the court abused its discretion in [sentencing below the Guidelines and] not varying downward still further.”). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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1 The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.