United States v. Wall

Case: 25-30051 Document: 50-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/26/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 25-30051

Summary Calendar FILED ____________ August 26, 2025 Lyle W. Cayce United States of America, Clerk Plaintiff—Appellee, versus

Bobby Glenn Wall, Jr.,

Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana USDC No. 3:24-CR-20-2 ______________________________

Before Jones, Richman, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: *

Bobby Glenn Wall, Jr. pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography. He was sentenced above the advisory guidelines to 192 months of imprisonment and 15 years of supervised release. Wall challenges the substantive reasonableness of his sentence.

Case: 25-30051 Document: 50-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/26/2025

A sentencing court must consider the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and “impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes set forth” there. 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Appellate review is for reasonableness, under an abuse of discretion standard. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). A non-guidelines sentence is 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. Smith, 440 F.3d 704, 708 (5th Cir. 2006).

Wall contends that his sentence is unreasonable because the district court failed to give adequate weight to his history of substance abuse, the influence of his father, and his rehabilitative potential. The record reflects that the district court considered these factors but accorded greater weight to Wall’s history and characteristics and the danger he would pose on his release. Wall has shown no abuse of discretion. See United States v. Hernandez, 876 F.3d 161, 167 (5th Cir. 2017).

In addition, Wall argues that because he was sentenced to a longer term than his codefendant father, his sentence creates an unwarranted disparity. We need not address whether Wall failed to preserve this issue because Walls fails to show that he and his father were similarly situated in relevant respects or that any disparity was unwarranted. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6); United States v. Heard, 709 F.3d 413, 435 (5th Cir. 2013). AFFIRMED.