Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-21
Citations: 633 F. App'x 496
Docket Number: No. 15-50545
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 633
Pages: 496–496

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50545.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 15, 2016.
Filed March 21, 2016.
Peter Ko, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Carson Porter Baucher, Doug Keller, Federal Defenders Of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, 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
Bobby Rodriguez appeals from the nine-month sentence imposed upon his third revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Rodriguez contends that the district court impermissibly delegated its judicial authority when it rejected his request for outpatient drug treatment and deferred to the probation officer's recommendation that Rodriguez either serve a short sentence followed by inpatient drug treatment or a longer terminal sentence. The case upon which Rodriguez relies, United States v. Esparza, 552 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir.2009), is inapposite. Unlike in that case, the district court here did not impose a condition of supervised release granting the probation officer the authority to decide whether Rodriguez would participate in inpatient or outpatient drug treatment. Rather, the record shows that the court simply listened to the parties' arguments, found probation's recommendation against outpatient treatment persuasive, and imposed a terminal sentence in light of Rodriguez's unwillingness to participate in inpatient treatment. The district court did not err.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.