United States v. Flavio Taveras

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 17 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50109

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:15-cr-00596-BEN-2 v.

FLAVIO TAVERAS, AKA Shorty, AKA MEMORANDUM* Flavio Taveras,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 15, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD, N.R. SMITH, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

After pleading guilty to conspiring to ship cocaine under 21 U.S.C.

§§ 841(a)(1) and 846, Flavio Taveras appeals his sentence of 108 months in

custody and 20 years of supervised release, asserting five procedural errors. We

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate the sentence and remand

for…