Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville.
No. 3:21-cr-00114-1—Thomas A. Varlan, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: February 27, 2024
Before: BATCHELDER, CLAY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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CLAY, Circuit Judge. Defendant Bryce Axline appeals the 65-month sentence imposed
by the district court following his plea to the charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault
on federal lands in violation of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-13-213, 39-13-106 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 13,
7(3). Axline argues that the district court imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence by
failing to provide sufficiently compelling reasons for varying upward from the Sentencing
Guidelines advisory range by approximately 40 percent. For the reasons set forth below, we
AFFIRM the judgment of the district court. |