United States v. Michael Nelson

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Michael Nelson appeals the district court’s 1 imposition of a twenty-four month sentence of imprisonment following Nelson’s violation of terms of his supervised release. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Nelson originally pled guilty to the offense of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Although Nelson was subject to a five-year mandatory minimum sentence, 2 he received a sentence of twenty-four months based on his substantial assistance to the government, 3 to be followed by four years of supervised release.

On June 30, 2005, the…