Sanchez

MEMORANDUM *

Jimmy Sanchez challenges his consecutive life sentence for racketeering, RICO conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute narcotics on the street, conspiracy to distribute narcotics in the penal system, and conspiracy to murder. At the time of his conviction, Sanchez was serving a sentence of 37 years to life in California state prison for his participation in a 1989 first degree murder and attempted murder. He asserts that the district court misapplied the sentencing guidelines by relying on impermissible factors in its analysis and that *663 requiring the sentences to run consecutively is unreasonable. 1 We reject appellant’s arguments and affirm the district court’s judgment.

Because appellant already was serving a 37-years-to-life sentence at the time the instant offenses were committed, 18 U.S.C. § 3584 and U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(a) govern the question of whether defendant’s sentences should run concurrently or consecutively. United States v. Arellano-Torres, 303 F.3d 1173, 1180 (9th Cir.2002). Section 3584 states that multiple prison terms should run consecutively unless the district court orders them to run concurrently. 18 U.S.C. § 3584 (a). In making this determination,…