United States v. Adjoni Archambault

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Adjoni Archambault pled guilty to distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for selling Ritalin which had been prescribed for her thirteen year old son. The district court 1 varied upward in sentencing Archambault to 18 months imprisonment. Archambault appeals, challenging the substantive reasonableness of her sentence. We affirm.

Archambault is a Native American with many prior convictions for child neglect and substance abuse in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Archambault has completed at least four…