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UNITED STATES of America v. Adma ABUHOURAN, Appellant.
    No. 06-3460.
    United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
    Submitted For Possible Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)
    Feb. 16, 2007.
    Filed: March 7, 2007.
    Robert A. Zauzmer, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for United States of America.
    Adma Abuhouran, Secacus, NJ, pro se.
    Before: BARRY, AMBRO and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
   OPINION

PER CURIAM.

I.

Adma Abuhouran appeals from the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying her “Motion for Early Termination of Supervised Release.” We will dismiss the appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2)(B).

Abuhouran pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced in 1997 to three years of supervised release, including four months of home confinement. After serving two months of her home confinement term, Abuhouran cut her electronic monitoring bracelet and left the United States. In June 2005, the District Court sentenced her to seven months in prison and twenty-nine months of supervised release for violating the terms of her confinement. Since her release from prison in January 2006, Abuhouran has been residing in New Jersey, serving her term of supervised release.

In April 2006 Abuhouran filed a pro se motion for early termination of her supervised release. The District Court denied the motion. Abuhouran appealed and has filed a motion to appoint counsel in this Court.

II.

We agree with the District Court that none of the arguments presented in the motion provide a basis for reconsidering Abuhouran’s June 2005 sentence. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e). Abuhouran’s account of her difficult incarceration after fleeing from the United States, her development of serious health problems, and her voluntary return to the United States in order to be held accountable for her actions, were factors considered by the District Court before it sentenced Abuhouran in 2005. The only new information before the District Court was Abuhouran’s claim that supervised release is preventing her from obtaining proof of identification, a job, and health care. As the District Court noted, because supervised release does not bar Abuhouran from obtaining these things, Abuhouran’s difficulties do not warrant early termination.

In submissions to this Court, Abuhouran proposes two new claims: that her June 2005 sentence was calculated in violation of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), and that her initial 1997 sentence was illegal and should be vacated pursuant to this Court’s authority under 28 U.S.C. § 2106. Abu-houran may not raise these substantive claims for the first time on appeal. Nor do any of the arguments Abuhouran makes in support of these new claims assist her current appeal.

Because the appeal lacks merit, we will dismiss it pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Appellant’s motion for appointment of counsel is denied. 
      
      . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
     
      
      . We echo the District Court’s suggestion that Abuhouran approach her probation officer to resolve these issues.