Barama

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 27 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 23-2087 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:19-cr-00463-RS-2 v.

MEMORANDUM*

SIVANNARAYANA BARAMA,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 2, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: M. SMITH, MILLER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Sivannarayana Barama appeals his convictions and sentence on

four counts of securities fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1348(2). We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm Barama’s convictions.

However, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

Because the parties are familiar with the facts and background of this case,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. we provide only information necessary to our ruling. In 2016, Barama reached…