Blandin

MEMORANDUM *

Defendant Blandin appeals a 36-month term of imprisonment imposed by the district court following the revocation of three terms of supervised release. We affirm.

Blandin argues that the district court erred by failing to provide specific reasons for the sentence as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (c)(2), and that this failure prevents this court from determining whether the district court relied upon factors not authorized under 18 U.S.C. § 3583 (e) in fashioning the sentence. See United States v. Miqbel, 444 F.3d 1173, 1178, 1180-81 (9th Cir.2006). Notably, though, he does not claim that the district court actually relied *714 upon impermissible factors, and our review of the record indicates it did not.

Although the specific reasons for the sentence imposed were not framed with perfect clarity, the reasons were made apparent and were permissible. The sentence imposed, though above the advisory guideline range, was within the statutory maximum, as well as being the sentence recommended by the probation office and sought by the government. During the sentencing hearing, at which Blandin was present, the district judge engaged in a lengthy and meaningful discussion, in…