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112121P.pdf   01/04/2012  United States  v.  Darrin Anderson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2121
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Bye and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - Sentencing. District court properly considered the 3553(a) factors and varied upward from the Guidelines range due the egregiousness of defendant's conduct, the potential for unwarranted sentencing disparities and the desire to protect the public; as a result, the sentence was substantively reasonable; the district court did not plainly err in imposing a special condition of supervised release which included a lifetime ban on alcohol consumption; while the court should have more fully articulated its reasoning for imposing a lifetime ban on the possession of material depicting or describing sexually explicit conduct, that error does not require reversal in light of the sentencing record, and the imposition of the special condition is affirmed.