United States v. Quantavious Hurt

── United States v. Quantavious Hurt ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: April 16, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 24-12760 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/16/2026 Page: 1 of 10 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-12760 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus QUANTAVIOUS HURT, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 4:24-cr-00006-AW-MAF-1 ____________________ Before ABUDU, KIDD, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Quantavious Hurt pleaded guilty to possessing a weapon while an inmate in a federal detention center. He now appeals, USCA11 Case: 24-12760 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/16/2026 Page: 2 of 10 2 Opinion of the Court 24-12760 challenging the reasonableness of his 42-month sentence. After careful review, we affirm. I. BACKGROUND On June 6, 2023, a corrections officer at the Federal Deten- tion Center in Tallahassee, Florida, found Hurt in the shower area fighting with another inmate, Johnny Winbush. A mesh bag con- taining rocks, which Hurt had concealed when walking to the shower, was laying on the ground. Hurt was also found with a large shank wrapped in a torn t-shirt and Winbush was seen lying naked in a large pool of blood, as he had been stabbed by Hurt several times. The officer was able to de-escalate this situation, placing Hurt and Winbush on separate sides of the unit and having Hurt discard the shank in a nearby laundry basket. However, shortly thereafter, Winbush retrieved another shank from his bunk and in- stigated another assault against Hurt. As a result of these altercations, Hurt was charged with as- sault with a dangerous weapon with the intent to do bodily harm at a federal detention center, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3) (Count One), and possession of a weapon as an inmate in a federal detention center, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(2), (b)(3) (Count Two). Pursuant to a written plea agreement, Hurt pleaded guilty to Count Two in exchange for the dismissal of Count One. Hurt’s presentence investigation report (“PSI”) provided a base offense level of thirteen, United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2P1.2(a)(2) (Nov. 2023), but assessed a two-level decrease for acceptance of responsibility, id. § 3E1.1(a), which resulted in a USCA11 Case: 24-12760 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 04/16/2026 Page: 3 of 10 24-12760 Opinion of the Court 3 total offense level of eleven. The PSI also placed Hurt in criminal history category II based on his convictions for murder in aid of racketeering activity and aggravated assault with the intent to mur- der in aid of racketeering activity. Hurt’s resulting guideline range was ten to sixteen months of imprisonment. He did not object to the PSI. In a sentencing memorandum, the government indicated that Hurt and Winbush, who received the same charges, disagreed on who acted as the aggressor in the initial altercation. It provided surveillance vi