United States v. Craig D. Thompson

95 F.3d 1160 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Craig D. THOMPSON, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30365. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 9, 1996. * Decided Aug. 27, 1996. Before: ALARCON, NORRIS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 At the time the district court decided this case, the question of law was open, but it has since been decided by United States v. Blake, 88 F.3d 824 (9th Cir.1996). Under Blake, indistinguishable factually from the case at bar, Thompson's supervised release term must be treated as having begun on the date his term of imprisonment should have ended pursuant to the retroactive amendment to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1: 3 We conclude that, while the statutory scheme is not crystal clear, the supervised release portion of the sentence begins on the date a prisoner's term of imprisonment expires, whether or not he is released on that date. The appellants'…