United States v. Jane Holloway

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: August 26, 2025
• Docket: 25-4185
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-4185

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JANE GENEVA HOLLOWAY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Theodore D. Chuang, District Judge. (8:22-cr-00061-TDC-3)

Submitted: August 21, 2025 Decided: August 26, 2025

Before WILKINSON, HARRIS, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: Gary E. Proctor, LAW OFFICES OF GARY E. PROCTOR, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. David Christian Bornstein, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Jane Geneva Holloway appeals her conviction and the five-month sentence imposed

following her guilty plea to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, in violation

of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. Holloway’s counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California,

386 U.S. 738 (1967), stating that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal but broadly

questioning the reasonableness of Holloway’s sentence. * Though notified of her right to

do so, Holloway has not filed a pro se supplemental brief. The Government has declined

to file a response brief. We affirm.

We review a defendant’s sentence “under a deferential abuse-of-discretion

standard.” Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007). Under this standard, a sentence

is reviewed for both procedural and substantive reasonableness. Id. at 51. In determining

procedural reasonableness, we consider whether the district court properly calculated the

defendant’s Sentencing Guidelines range, gave the parties an opportunity to argue for an

appropriate sentence, considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, and sufficiently

explained the selected sentence. Id. at 49-51. If a sentence is free of “significant procedural

error,” then we review it for substantive reasonableness, “tak[ing] into account the totality

of the circumstances.” Id. at 51.

* Anders counsel also questions the validity of the appeal waiver executed as part of Holloway’s plea agreement. We need not reach this issue, however, because “the government does not seek to enforce the waiver, and we will not sua sponte enforce it.” United States v. Jones, 667 F.3d 477, 486 (4th Cir. 2012).

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We conclude that the district court imposed a procedurally reasonable sentence by

correctly calculating the Guidelines range, allowing the parties to advocate for an

appropriate sentence, giving Holloway an opportunity to address the court, sufficiently

addressing Holloway’s arguments for a noncustodial sentence, and considering the

§ 3553(a) factors. Furthermore, nothing in the record rebuts the presumption of substantive

reasonableness accorded Holloway’s below-Guidelines-range sentence. See United States

v. Louthian, 756 F.3d 295, 306 (4th Cir. 2014).

In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire record in this case and have

found no meritorious grounds for appeal. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment.

This court requires that counsel inform Holloway, in writing, of the right to petition the

Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Holloway 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 Holloway.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED