JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h),
We hold that, when imposing the maximum term of supervised release following revocation of a previous term of supervised release, 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h) requires that the term be reduced by all post-revocation terms of imprisonment imposed with respect to the same underlying offense, not only by the most-recent term of imprisonment.
Accordingly, we
Defendant Samuel Rodriguez appeals the December 23, 2013, judgment of the District Court revoking his term of 20 months' supervised release and sentencing him to a two-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a one-year term of supervised release.
To understand the basis of defendant's appeal, a brief account of his recent criminal history is required. In 2009, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g),
On October 6, 2010, Rodriguez completed his term of imprisonment and commenced his period of supervision by the
On March 19, 2013, the Probation Office filed a petition alleging that Rodriguez had violated several conditions of his second term of supervised release. Judge Gardephe issued a summons ordering Rodriguez to appear in Court and, after he failed to appear, Rodriguez was once again arrested and thereafter detained on May 1, 2013. On June 24, 2013, Rodriguez appeared before Judge Gardephe and admitted to violating the terms of his release. On December 23, 2013, Judge Gardephe revoked Rodriguez's supervised release and sentenced him to a term of two-years' imprisonment
On appeal, defendant argues (1) that the District Court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h) when it failed to reduce the one-year term of supervised release in the 2013 sentence by the aggregate prison terms imposed for all post-conviction violations (i.e., 128 days from his 2012 sentence and two years from his 2013 sentence), and (2) that the District Court exceeded its sentencing discretion in
Rodriguez concedes that he did not object to his 2013 sentence when it was imposed, and thus we review for plain error. Under plain error review, "an appellate court may, in its discretion, correct an error not raised at trial only where the appellant demonstrates that (1) there is an `error'; (2) the error is `clear or obvious, rather than subject to reasonable dispute'; (3) the error `affected the appellant's substantial rights, which in the ordinary case means' it `affected the outcome of the district court proceedings'; and (4) the error seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.'" United States v. Marcus, 560 U.S. 258, 262, 130 S.Ct. 2159, 176 L.Ed.2d 1012 (2010) (quoting Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135, 129 S.Ct. 1423, 173 L.Ed.2d 266 (2009)). The imposition of a sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum qualifies as plain error. See United States v. Cadet, 664 F.3d 27, 33 (2d Cir. 2011).
Rodriguez argues, and the Government agrees, that the District Court erred in sentencing him in 2013 to an additional one-year term of supervised release because such a term does not properly account for the aggregated prison terms Rodriguez has served after repeatedly violating his supervised release requirements.
Although the statute does not explicitly require aggregation of all post-revocation terms of imprisonment imposed as a result of the same underlying offense, every circuit that has considered this issue has concluded that such aggregation is required. See, e.g., United States v. Zoran, 682 F.3d 1060, 1063 (8th Cir.2012) (requiring aggregation of all post-revocation terms of imprisonment imposed on the same underlying offense); United States v. Vera, 542 F.3d 457, 462 (5th Cir.2008) (holding that under § 3853(h) the maximum allowable supervised release imposed following multiple revocations must be reduced by the aggregate length of any terms of imprisonment that have been imposed upon revocation); United States v. Maxwell, 285 F.3d 336, 342 (4th Cir.2002) (concluding that "any term of imprisonment" must include "all post-revocation terms of imprisonment imposed with respect to the same underlying offense.").
We agree with our sister circuits. This conclusion turns on the meaning of the word "any" in the statute. If we interpret "any" to include multiple terms of imprisonment then we would aggregate the various post-revocation prison sentences before subtracting that amount of time from a defendant's newly-imposed supervised release term. On the other hand, if we interpret "any" in a more limited manner, then a defendant would only have
The Fourth Circuit, in United States v. Maxwell, persuasively adopted the former interpretation, explaining:
285 F.3d at 341. Thus, a plain reading of the reference to "any term of imprisonment" in the statute must include the prison term in the current revocation sentence together with all prison time served under any prior revocation sentences imposed with respect to the same underlying offense.
Applying this reading of the statute to the case at hand, the maximum term of supervised release for Rodriguez's underlying offenses as part of the original 2009 sentence is three years.
Byzantine as this may seem, this analysis is required under our current sentencing regime. Accordingly, we remand the case to the District Court for the limited purpose of reducing the defendant's term of supervised release by 128 days.
Rodriguez also contends that the District Court exceeded its discretion by ordering that his one-year term of supervised release (now reduced by 128 days to 237 days) be served in a residential drug treatment center. But Rodriguez is barred from challenging this condition on appeal as he affirmatively and repeatedly requested that the District Court impose residential drug treatment as a special condition of supervised release, and he did not object when the District Court granted
Accordingly, the District Court did not err when it ordered that Rodriguez's term of supervised release be served in a residential drug treatment center.
To summarize: We hold that, when imposing the maximum term of supervised release following revocation of a previous term of supervised release, 18 U.S.C. § 3583(h) requires that the term be reduced by all post-revocation terms of imprisonment imposed with respect to the same underlying offense, not only by the most-recent term of imprisonment.
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, we
18 U.S.C. § 3583(h).
Term of Imprisonment Term of Supervised Release 2009 Sentence 28 months (for each count to run 3 years concurrently)2012 Sentence 128 days (for time served) 20 months (18 of which were to be served in a residential substance abuse and mental health treatment facility)2013 Sentence 2 years 1 year (to be served at a residential drug treatment center)