Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny Claude SLATON, a.k.a. Johnny Claude Cooper, a.k.a. Johnny Cooper, etc., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-10-01
Citations: 295 F. App'x 332
Docket Number: No. 07-14114
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny Claude SLATON, a.k.a. Johnny Claude Cooper, a.k.a. Johnny Cooper, etc., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 295
Pages: 332–333

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny Claude SLATON, a.k.a. Johnny Claude Cooper, a.k.a. Johnny Cooper, etc., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-14114
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Oct. 1, 2008.
Suzanne Kay Hashimi, Stephanie Kearns, Federal Defender Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Amy Levin Weil, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before CARNES, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Johnny Slaton appeals his low-end, guideline range 188-month sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. At sentencing, Slaton requested that the district court exercise its authority to impose a sentence that would run concurrent to his undischarged state court sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3, but the district court refused to designate the sentence as concurrent or consecutive based on its conclusion that the Bureau of Prisons, not the court, was authorized to make the determination and that § 5G1.3 did not apply. As imposed, Slaton's sentence runs consecutive to his state court sentence by statute.
Having reviewed the record and the briefs of the parties, we conclude that the district court erred in its failure to recognize its authority to impose Slaton's sentence as running concurrent to his state sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3584 and in its refusal to consider subparagraph (c) of § 5G1.3 in fashioning Slaton's sentence. Under § 3584, the district court may order multiple terms of imprisonment imposed at different times to run concurrently. 18 U.S.C. § 3584(a). In determining whether to impose a concurrent or consecutive sentence, the district court must consider the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), which incorporate U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3. See United States v. Ballard, 6 F.3d 1502, 1505-06 (11th Cir.1993).
Accordingly, we vacate Slaton's sentence and remand his case to the district court for resentencing.
VACATED AND REMANDED.