Whether the district court's upward variance in sentencing was proper

QUESTION PRESENTED : WHETHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SUFFICIENTLY DETERMINED THAT THE DISTRICT COURT’S UPWARD VARIANCE IN ITS SENTENCING OF PETITIONER BY 31 MONTHS TO IMPOSE A SENTENCE OF 71 MONTHS AND IN DOING SO PLACED TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) SENTENCING FACTORS NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE AND TOO LITTLE EMPHASIS ON THE HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PETITIONER? ii