United States v. Lamon Christensen

356 F. App'x 965

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: December 14, 2009
• Docket: 08-50440
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lamon Lee Christensen appeals from the eight-month sentence imposed following revocation of the supervised release term he was serving following a jury-trial conviction for armed bank robbery and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Christensen contends that the district court erred by imposing consecutive three-year and two-year terms of supervised release as part of the sentence on the underlying conviction. As a result, he argues that the district court lacked jurisdiction to revoke his supervised release because his supervision expired upon completion of the initial three-year term, which occurred pri- or to the conduct resulting in the revocation of supervised release. We decline to reach the merits of this argument because an appeal challenging a revocation proceeding is not the proper avenue through which to attack the validity of the original sentence. See United States v. Gerace, 997 F.2d 1293, 1295 (9th Cir.1993).

AFFIRMED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.