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United States v. Yadira Ruiz-Burandt, 15-50149 (2016)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Number: 15-50149 Visitors: 6
Filed: Dec. 19, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 19 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-50149 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:14-cr-03553-LAB v. MEMORANDUM* YADIRA ELIZABETH RUIZ- BURANDT, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 14, 2016** Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Ya
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                                                                            FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION                              DEC 19 2016

                                                                         MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        U.S. COURT OF APPEALS



                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No.   15-50149

              Plaintiff-Appellee,                D.C. No. 3:14-cr-03553-LAB

 v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
YADIRA ELIZABETH RUIZ-
BURANDT,

              Defendant-Appellant.


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of California
                     Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted December 14, 2016**

Before:      WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

      Yadira Elizabeth Ruiz-Burandt appeals from the district court’s judgment

and challenges the 75-month sentence imposed following her guilty plea

conviction for importation of cocaine and methamphetamine, in violation of 21


      *
             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).
U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We vacate

and remand for resentencing.

      Ruiz-Burandt argues that the district court erred in denying a minor role

reduction to her base offense level under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). After Ruiz-Burandt

was sentenced, the United States Sentencing Commission issued Amendment 794

(“the Amendment”), which amended the commentary to the minor role Guideline.

The Amendment is retroactive to cases pending on direct appeal. See United States

v. Quintero-Leyva, 
823 F.3d 519
, 523 (9th Cir. 2016). The Amendment added a

non-exhaustive list of factors that a court “should consider” in determining whether

to apply a minor role reduction. See U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 cmt. n.3(C) (2015).

Because we cannot determine from the record whether the district court considered

all of the now-relevant factors, we vacate Ruiz-Burandt’s sentence and remand for

resentencing. See 
Quintero-Leyva, 823 F.3d at 523-24
.

      VACATED and REMANDED for resentencing.




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