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No. 14-4472
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Elkins.
John Preston Bailey,
District Judge. (2:13-cr-00048-JPB-JSK-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Ronald Snyder appeals his sentence of twenty-four months
imprisonment and five years of supervised release following his
guilty
plea
Offender
to
failure
Registration
to
register
and
as
required
Notification
Act
by
the
Sex
(SORNA),
in
agreed
that,
in
light
clarifying
Sentencing
sex-offender-related
special
conditions
we
affirm
in
part,
vacate
in
of
supervised
and
remand
for
further proceedings.
We review de novo a district courts venue determination.
United States v. Jefferson, 674 F.3d 332, 364 (4th Cir. 2012).
Venue
lies
in
committed.
18.
the
state
and
district
where
the
offense
was
express
venue
provision,
the
court
must
determine
venue
by
302,
308
omitted).
(4th
Cir.
2000)
quotation
marks
Snyders
offense
necessarily
involved
more
than
one
42 U.S.C. 16913(c)
Snyder
also
argues,
for
the
first
time
on
appeal,
that
We generally review a
1999).
United
Snyder
fails
to
satisfy
therefore,
neither
is
not
ambiguous
his
burden
entitled
nor
under
to
vague,
the
relief.
and
our
plain-error
The
review
rule
statute
of
the
and,
here
is
record
(4th
In
Cir.
2003).
addition
to
the
mandatory
conditions
Id. at 260;
We recently held
amendment.
Id.
at
32
(internal
quotation
marks
and
citation omitted).
In this case, as in Collins, the district court did not
have the benefit of the Guidelines amendment at the time of
Snyders sentencing, which occurred more than four months before
the amendment became effective.
vacate
and
remand
for
resentencing
when
therefore
vacate
the
the
Sentencing
Id.
supervised
release
portion
of
In accordance
with Anders, we have reviewed the entire record in this case and
have
found
no
other
meritorious
grounds
for
appeal.
the
right
to
petition
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this
court
and
AFFIRMED IN PART;
VACATED IN PART;
AND REMANDED