Case: 24-60015 Document: 56-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/20/2024

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 24-60015 Summary Calendar FILED ____________ September 20, 2024 Lyle W. Cayce United States of America, Clerk Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Quintaurus S. Rule, Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 3:22-CR-37-1 ______________________________ Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * Quintaurus S. Rule pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen firearm.

He was sentenced above the guidelines range to 96 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Rule argues on appeal that the district court exhibited a clear error of judgment when balancing the 18 U.S.C.

_____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 24-60015 Document: 56-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/20/2024

No. 24-60015

§ 3553(a) sentencing factors and imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence.

We review for abuse of discretion. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). An above-guidelines sentence is substantively unreasonable if it “(1) does not account for a factor that should have received significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or (3) represents a clear error of judgment in balancing the sentencing factors.”

United States v. Diehl, 775 F.3d 714, 724 (5th Cir. 2015). Based on our review of the record, and in light of our deferential standard of review, we are not persuaded that the district court abused its discretion. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51; Diehl, 775 F.3d at 724.

AFFIRMED.