United States v. Jermaine Jerome Campbell

── United States v. Jermaine Jerome Campbell ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: April 15, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 25-10372 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/15/2026 Page: 1 of 13 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-10372 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JERMAINE JEROME CAMPBELL, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 8:23-cr-00366-VMC-LSG-1 ____________________ Before JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, and KIDD, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Jermaine Campbell appeals his sentence of 144 months’ im- prisonment for one count of possession with intent to distribute a USCA11 Case: 25-10372 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/15/2026 Page: 2 of 13 2 Opinion of the Court 25-10372 mixture or substance containing fentanyl and one count of posses- sion with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and a mixture or sub- stance containing marijuana. Campbell argues his sentence is pro- cedurally unreasonable because the district court limited its review of comparator cases for potential sentencing disparities to the Mid- dle District of Florida. Campbell also argues his sentence is sub- stantively unreasonable because the district court’s geographic lim- itation prevented it from properly weighing the need to avoid po- tential sentencing disparities. After careful review, we affirm the court’s decision because its sentence was procedurally and substan- tively reasonable. I. A grand jury indicted Campbell for possession with the in- tent to distribute a mixture or substance that contained fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C) (Count 1), and posses- sion with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphet- amine and marijuana (Count 2), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii), and (b)(1)(C). Campbell pled guilty to both counts. A probation officer prepared a Presentence Investigation Re- port (“PSR”) that recommended a total offense level of 31. First, the PSR grouped Campbell’s counts and calculated his base offense level at 30 because of the drug quantities of 143.4 grams of meth- amphetamine and 195.2 grams of marijuana. Then, the PSR ap- plied a four-level career-offender enhancement under U.S.S.G. § USCA11 Case: 25-10372 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/15/2026 Page: 3 of 13 25-10372 Opinion of the Court 3 4B1.1, based on various prior convictions, and a three-level reduc- tion for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(a). Be- cause Campbell’s criminal-history category was VI, and his total offense level was 31, his advisory guideline range was 188 to 235 months’ imprisonment. In a sentencing memorandum, and then at sentencing, Campbell argued that the career-offender enhancement resulted in a sentence greater than necessary to achieve the purposes of sen- tencing because the predicate convictions were from over 15 years