Is a Defendant's argument that his sentence was "unreasonably harsh" substantively unreasonable?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Redeye, No. 16-1205-cr (2nd Cir. 2017):

We read the Defendant's argument that his sentence was "unreasonably harsh" as an argument that the sentence was substantively unreasonable. "[O]ur review of a sentence for substantive reasonableness is particularly deferential." United States v. Broxmeyer, 699 F.3d 265, 289 (2d Cir. 2012). "[O]nly those sentences that are so 'shockingly high, shockingly low, or otherwise unsupportable as a matter of law' that allowing them to stand would 'damage the administration of justice'" are substantively unreasonable. Id. (quoting United States v. Rigas, 583 F.3d 108, 123 (2d Cir. 2009)).

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