United States v. Nyle Brocks

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: March 15, 2022
• Docket: 21-2445
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 21-2445 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Nyle Thomas Brocks

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids ____________

Submitted: February 22, 2022 Filed: March 15, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Nyle Brocks appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. Brocks argues that the district court abused its discretion by

1 The Honorable C.J. Williams, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence after giving insufficient weight to mitigating factors such as his personal history, especially his traumatic childhood; and giving too much weight to his criminal history.

We conclude that Brocks’s sentence was not substantively unreasonable, as there is no indication that the court overlooked a relevant factor, gave significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074, 1077 (8th Cir. 2012) (standard of review); United States v. Pickar, 666 F.3d 1167, 1169 (8th Cir. 2012). The court made an individualized assessment based on the facts presented in its consideration of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. See United States v. Stults, 575 F.3d 834, 849 (8th Cir. 2009). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________

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