Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norberto CHACON-BLANCO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-08-21
Citations: 197 F. App'x 828
Docket Number: No. 05-17229
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norberto CHACON-BLANCO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BIRCH, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 197
Pages: 828–830

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norberto CHACON-BLANCO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-17229
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 21, 2006.
Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Hector Flores, Kathleen M. Williams, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BIRCH, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Norberto Chacon-Bianco appeals the reasonableness of the two year sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). Although the sentencing guidelines range for the revocation was only three to nine months, the district court concluded that Chacon-Bianco would benefit from the two year intensive drug rehabilitation program. Because this rational is reasonable, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
In March 1998, Norberto Chacon-Bianco was sentenced to seventy months imprisonment and five years supervised release after being convicted for cocaine and cocaine base possession, intent to distribute, and conspiracy charges, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(A)-(C) and 846. Following his release from prison, Chacon-Bianco was directed to participate in a substance abuse program as a special condition of his supervision, but he tested positive for cocaine use in July 2002, September 2002, November 2004, and June 2005. R2 at 3. The district court held a supervised release revocation hearing in December 2005, correctly calculated the guidelines range of three to nine months, and sentenced Chacon-Blanco to two years imprisonment so that he could participate in the Bureau of Prisons' five hundred hour drug treatment program. Both before the district court and on appeal, Chacon-Bianco argues that he accepted responsibility for his conduct, and therefore the two year sentence was unreasonable in comparison to a guidelines range of three to nine months imprisonment.
II. DISCUSSION
We review a sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release for reasonableness. United States v. Sweeting, 437 F.3d 1105, 1106 (11th Cir.2006) (per curiam). A violation of a condition of supervision is a Grade C violation of supervised release. See U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1(a)(3)(B) (2005). For a Grade C violation, the Guidelines provide a range of three to nine months imprisonment. Id. § 7B1.4(a).
Additionally, for a Grade C violation of supervised release conditions, "the court may, after considering the factors set forth in" 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), (2)(B)-(D), and (4)-(7), revoke a term of supervised release and impose a term of imprisonment not to exceed two years. 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). Among other factors, courts should consider "the need for the sentence imposed . to provide the defendant with needed . medical care . or . correctional treatment." 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(D).
We have held that, for sentences imposed upon revocation of supervised release, the guidelines range is "merely advisory, and it is enough that there is some indication the district court was aware of and considered them." See United States v. Aguillard, 217 F.3d 1319, 1320 (11th Cir.2000) (per curiam). Furthermore, a two year sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release is reasonable when it was within the statutory range and the district court considers the § 3553(a) factors in arriving at the sentence. See Sweeting, 437 F.3d at 1107; see also United States v. Wiggins, 220 F.3d 1248, 1249 (11th Cir.2000) (permitting a two year sentence in order to allow completion of the comprehensive drug rehabilitation program).
Chacon-Bianco is unable to show that the district court imposed an unreasonable sentence. The district court was not required to impose a sentence within the three to nine month guidelines range provided in U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4(a). Furthermore, the district court's statement that Chacon-Bianco needed a two year sentence that would allow him to participate in the five hundred hour Bureau of Prisons' drug treatment program showed adequate consideration of § 3553(a) factors, particularly subsection (a)(2)(D). Finally, the sentence was less than the statutory maximum. Given these considerations, we cannot say that the sentence imposed by the district court was unreasonable.
III. CONCLUSION
Chacon-Bianco has appealed the reasonableness of the two year sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release. Although this sentence is longer than the suggested guidelines range, the district court reasonably concluded that Chacon-Bianco would benefit from the two year intensive drug rehabilitation program. AFFIRMED.