Opinion ID: 213636
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Heading: Lifetime of Supervised Release

Text: Finally, Mr. Rausch argues that the district court erred in imposing a lifetime of supervised release to follow his two-year term of imprisonment. He contends that the maximum term of supervised release the court was authorized to impose was life less two years. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h) (The length of . . . a term of supervised release [following a term of imprisonment] shall not exceed the term of supervised release authorized by statute . . ., less any term of imprisonment that was imposed upon revocation of supervised release. ) (emphasis added). Mr. Rausch concedes, however, that this issue is reviewed for plain error. Even assuming the district court plainly erred in this respect, Mr. Rausch has not explained, nor can we contemplate, how he was prejudiced by such an error or how it seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the sentencing proceeding. Because it is impossible to predict the precise length of any individual's life, a sentence of life less two years has only conceptualnot practicalmeaning. Accordingly, we do not notice the error.