Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doug Wayne SMITH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-08-25
Citations: 199 F. App'x 613
Docket Number: No. 05-50498
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Doug Wayne SMITH, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 199
Pages: 613–614

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Doug Wayne SMITH, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50498.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 21, 2006.
Filed Aug. 25, 2006.
Orlando Gutierrez, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Debra Ann Diiorio, Diiorio & Hall, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Doug Wayne Smith appeals from his bench-trial conviction for escape from confinement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Smith contends the district court erred by prohibiting him from collaterally attacking the validity of his prior conviction as a defense to the escape charge. We disagree.
A defendant may not use a challenge to the validity of a prior conviction as a defense to escape from confinement. See Lucas v. United States, 325 F.2d 867, 867 n. 2 (9th Cir.1963); Bayless v. United States, 141 F.2d 578, 579-80 (9th Cir.1944).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.