UNITED STATES v. CROSON AKA (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

Kyle Kenneth Croson appeals the district court's order revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to twelve months’ imprisonment. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 and 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

Because there is no precedential decision to the contrary, the district court did not plainly err in accepting Croson's counsel's admission to the supervised release violations on Croson's behalf; the court was not required to obtain Croson's personal admission. See United States v. Segal, 549 F.2d 1293, 1300 (9th Cir. 1977). Contrary to Croson's argument, the probation officer sufficiently identified all six supervised release violations, including Violation 8, the two missed urinalysis tests on February 2 and 12, 2018.

The district court did not plainly err by not soliciting the government's position on sentencing. The district court asked the government if it had any questions, and there is no indication that the government lacked “an opportunity to speak equivalent to that of the defendant's attorney.” United States v. Urrutia-Contreras, 782 F.3d 1110, 1112 (9th Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted). Moreover, Croson has not met his burden of showing that any error was one that “seriously affect[ed] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings,” United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55, 63, 122 S.Ct. 1043, 152 L.Ed.2d 90 (2002) (internal quotation marks omitted) (alterations in original), given that the sentence was within the range recommended by the Guidelines, and thus was consistent with the Commission's statutory mandate of ensuring fairness and certainty in sentencing, see Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 350, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007).

The court did not erroneously consider whether the sentence would “promote respect for the law” or “provide just punishment for the offense.” 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A); see also United States v. Miqbel, 444 F.3d 1173, 1181 (9th Cir. 2006). The record reflects that the court merely asked Croson whether he had given up on treatment and wanted the court to abandon its supervised release efforts and impose sentence for Croson's underlying convictions.

AFFIRMED.