United States v. Wayne Michael Becker

73 F.3d 370 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne Michael BECKER, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50148. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 13, 1995. * Decided Dec. 22, 1995. Before: HUG, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Wayne Michael Becker appeals the district court's order imposing a three-year term of imprisonment based on Becker's violation of his term of supervised release he was serving following his guilty plea conviction of conspiring to possess controlled substances with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. Secs. 841 (a)(1) and 846. The court ordered the sentence to run consecutively to a 151-month sentence he was serving for unrelated offenses. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. 3 Becker raises only one issue on appeal: whether the district court erred by denying him a continuance in order to obtain a psychiatric…