Comisar

MEMORANDUM **

Defendant-appellant Steven Robert Comisar (“Comisar”) appeals from his sentence, entered on July 18, 2007, following his guilty plea to one count of using the United States mail to commit extortion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952 (a)(3), 2(b). We have jurisdiction of Comisar’s appeal pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . Comisar is currently serving a 125-month sentence imposed on April 24, 2005, following a 2003 conviction in another case, see United States v. Steven Robert Comisar, CR 03-10-MMM (C.D.Cal.2003), affd United States v. Comisar, 180 Fed.Appx. 651 (9th Cir.2006).

In this case, the district court imposed a term of imprisonment of sixty months, to run consecutively to the undischarged term previously imposed for the 2003 conviction. The underlying facts are known to the parties and need not be repeated here.

Comisar claims that the district court unreasonably ordered his sentence to run consecutively to his undischarged 125-month term of imprisonment for his 2003 conviction. Specifically, he argues that the district court committed error when it (1) failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons for the denial of his request for…