Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adalberto RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-02-29
Citations: 637 F. App'x 434
Docket Number: No. 15-50214
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adalberto RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 637
Pages: 434–435

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adalberto RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50214.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 24, 2016.
Filed Feb. 29, 2016.
Peter Ko, Assistant U.S., Fred Sheppard, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kristi A, Hughes, Nathan Feneis, Trial, Federal Defenders of San Diego, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and RAWLINSON, 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
Adalberto Rivera appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 12-month custodial sentence and 18-month term of supervised release imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Rivera contends that the custodial portion of his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court already accounted for the alleged cause of his violations — his drug addiction — by imposing drug treatment as a condition of supervised release. He further contends that the term of supervised release is substantively unreasonable in light of the district court's belief that he is not amenable to supervision. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Rivera's sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The within-Guidelines custodial term and 18-month term of supervised release are substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) factors and the totality of the circumstances, including the need to deter Rivera from future violations. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, Moreover, contrary to Rivera's contention, the record reflects that the district court imposed the additional term of supervision in order to provide him with rehabilitative services that he requested, not to punish him. See United States v. Hurt, 345 F.3d 1033, 1036 (9th Cir.2003) ("A violation of the conditions of supervised release does not obviate the need for further supervision, but rather confirms the judgment that supervision was necessary.").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. •