Opinion

United States v. Brown

  • 249 F. App'x 587
Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Filed
Oct 1, 2007
Status
Published
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 13.1%

The opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Billy Dave Brown appeals from the 24-month sentence imposed after revocation of his supervised release. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Brown contends that the district court erred by finding that he violated the terms of his supervised release on the basis of legally invalid and nonexistent release conditions. We disagree. Even if the district court erred by finding that Brown violated his supervised release due to a positive drug test and by failing to submit to urinalyses, the error did not rise to the level of plain error. See United States v. Maciel-Vasquez, 458 F.3d 994, 996 (9th Cir.2006), cert, denied, — U.S.-, 127 S.Ct. 2097 , 167 L.Ed.2d 817 (2007). Moreover, there were additional, ample grounds to support the district court’s findings that Brown had violated his supervised release.

Brown also contends that his 24-month sentence is not reasonable. We disagree. The district court judge considered the advisory Guidelines range and gave substantial reasons why he imposed a sentence in excess of the advisory Guidelines range. Accordingly, we conclude that Brown’s sentence is reasonable. See United States v. Miqbel, 444 F.3d 1173, 1176 (9th Cir.2006).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

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