Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leslie Jon CLAASSEN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-15
Citations: 475 F. App'x 255
Docket Number: No. 11-30359
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leslie Jon CLAASSEN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, BERZON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 475
Pages: 255–255

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leslie Jon CLAASSEN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-30359.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 8, 2012.
Filed Aug. 15, 2012.
Marcia Kay Hurd, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Leif Johnson, Assistant U.S., USBI-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
David Merchant, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FDMT-Federal Defenders of Montana, Billings, MT, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: ALARCÓN, BERZON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leslie Jon Claassen appeals from the 240-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for receipt of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Claassen contends that his above-Guidelines sentence, which was imposed to run consecutively to his state court sentence, is substantively unreasonable because it is greater than necessary to satisfy the purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). In light of Claassen's history of sexual abuse of minors and his repeated failure in sexual offender treatment programs, the district court was within its discretion to impose the federal sentence to run consecutively to Claassen's state court sentence. The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances and the section 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.