United States v. Lamont Fitch

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 09a0640n.06
No. 08-5457
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
FILED
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Sep 16, 2009
LEONARD GREEN, Clerk
)
Plaintiff-Appellee, )
) ON APPEAL FROM THE
v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT
) COURT FOR THE EASTERN
LAMONT C. FITCH, ) DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
)
Defendant-Appellant. )
)
BEFORE: MARTIN, GUY, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Defendant-Appellant Lamont C. Fitch appeals his sentence of six months
for assaulting a safety manager while an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Big Sandy, in Inez,
Kentucky. The district court’s decision, after considering the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), to make
the six-month sentence run consecutive to Fitch’s ongoing unfulfilled sentence was not an abuse of
discretion. See United States v. Watford, 468 F.3d 891, 915-17 (6th Cir. 2006); United States v.
Gibson, 896 F.2d 206, 210 (6th Cir. 1990). The district court’s decision to impose a six-month
sentence, after considering the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), was neither procedurally nor
substantively unreasonable. See United States v. Jones, 445 F.3d 865, 869 (6th Cir. 2006).
Therefore, we AFFIRM the district court’s decision.