Juvenile

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner C.K., a Native American juvenile, appeals the sentence imposed by the District Court. C.K. was charged with being a juvenile delinquent by committing two acts of aggravated sexual abuse. On remand, the District Court sentenced C.K. to a term of custody until his nineteenth birthday and to two years of juvenile supervision thereafter.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . A district court’s issuance of a juvenile sentence is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Juvenile, 347 F.3d 778, 784 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm the District Court’s sentence.

This Circuit has previously noted that any sentencing option pursuant to the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (“FJDA”) should account for the particular “unique circumstances and rehabilitative needs of each juvenile,” and any confinement of a juvenile should be done in the “least-restrictive environment.” Juvenile, 347 F.3d at 785, 787 .

On remand, the District Court reasonably accounted for the goals of the FJDA and did not abuse its discretion in issuing its sentence. First, the District Court balanced the interests of community protection with C.K’s need to be rehabilitated.…