United States v. Brown

Judge DRONEY dissents in a separate opinion.

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Nathan Brown pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), and two counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). The district court (Sharpe, J.) imposed a sentence of 60 years’ imprisonment. Brown now challenges that sentence, arguing that the district court miscalculated his guidelines range and that the sentence is otherwise procedurally and substantively unreasonable. We reject Brown’s challenge to the guidelines calculations,…