What is the test for "abuse of discretion" in the context of a finding of supervised release violations?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Horton, 16-974-cr (2nd Cir. 2017):

We review a district court's findings of supervised release violations for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Edwards, 834 F.3d 180, 199 (2d Cir. 2016). "A district court has abused its discretion if it based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence, or rendered a decision that cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions." In re Sims, 534 F.3d 117, 132 (2d Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks, alteration, and citations omitted); see also In re City of New York, 607 F.3d 923, 943 n.21 (2d Cir. 2010) (explaining that "abuse of discretion" is a nonpejorative "term of art").

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