Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kenny LUCAS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-08-31
Citations: 246 F. App'x 291
Docket Number: No. 06-31173
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kenny LUCAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 246
Pages: 291–292

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Kenny LUCAS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-31173
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 31, 2007.
John Francis Murphy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roma A. Kent, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kenny Lucas appeals the district court's revocation of his supervised release and imposition of a 27-month term of imprisonment. Lucas specifically argues that the district court erred in considering public safety dangers that might arise if Lucas were to use cocaine while at his job as a dumptruek driver in deciding to revoke Lucas's supervised release. While the district court cited such concerns at Lucas's revocation hearing, the court expressly based its revocation of Lucas's supervised release upon Lucas's admitted, repeated possession and use of cocaine. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g). Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion in revoking Lucas's supervised release and imposing a term of imprisonment. See United States v. Spraglin, 418 F.3d 479, 480 (5th Cir.2005). Lucas's 27-month sentence did not exceed the three-year statutory maximum. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). His revocation sentence was therefore neither "unreasonable" nor "plainly unreasonable." See United States v. Hinson, 429 F.3d 114, 120 (5th Cir.2005), cert. denied, 547 U.S. 1083, 126 S.Ct. 1804, 164 L.Ed.2d 540 (2006). Finally, Lucas argues that the district court erred in citing Lucas's need for rehabilitation as a basis for its judgment. Lucas properly concedes that this argument is foreclosed by this court's decision in United States v. Giddings, 37 F.3d 1091, 1097 (5th Cir.1994).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.