Whether a sentencing judge must consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors when imposing a sentence for a supervised release violation that requires mandatory revocation

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Should this Court resolve the current circuit split over whether a sentencing judge must consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors when imposing a sentence for a supervised release violation that requires mandatory revocation? Where there is a five-year gap between a supervised release violation and probation’s petition to revoke release on that violation, and during that period the supervisee has no other violations, is it substantively unreasonable to impose a statutory maximum three-year sentence for the violation? i LIST OF RELATED CASES 1. United States v. Carmichael, Case No. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Judgment entered on February 7, 2019. 2. United States v. Laforest Carmichael, No. 19-10652, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Opinion entered on September 26, 2019. ii