United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-1426 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERBERT HOLDER, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 21-cr-40047-SMY-1 — Staci M. Yandle, Judge. ____________________

ARGUED DECEMBER 7, 2023 — DECIDED MARCH 5, 2024 ____________________

Before WOOD, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges. WOOD, Circuit Judge. For several years, Herbert Holder made his living as a methamphetamine dealer in Williamson County, Illinois. Eventually, however, the government caught up with him, and he pleaded guilty to three charges stem- ming from those activities. The district court sentenced him to 240 months in prison, a term that was 22 months below the advisory range calculated under the U.S. Sentencing 2