21-475-cr United States v. Brogdon
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER Rulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Citation to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted and is governed by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 and this Court's Local Rule 32.1.1. When citing a summary order in a document filed with this Court, a party must cite either the Federal Appendix or an electronic database (with the notation "summary order"). A party citing a summary order must serve a copy of it on any party not represented by counsel.
At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 21st day of December, two thousand twenty-one.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., EUNICE C. LEE, Circuit Judges.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee, 21-475-cr
v.
CONELL BROGDON, AKA NELLZ, AKA SNELZ, AKA MIDGET, AKA MIDGE,
Defendant-Appellant,
SOLOMON ARTIS, AKA LIGHT, AKA SPAZ, LEONARD BARLETTO, AKA BOOTS, COURTNEY COY, AKA STYLES, PARRIS DESUZE, AKA KETCHUP, ANDRE HOLMAN, AKA DRE, DERRICK BIENAIME, AKA MILLZ, AKA CIROC BOSS, DAVON BROWN, AKA CHICO, MALIK CAMPBELL, AKA INDI, STANLEY CHERENFANT, AKA BANGER, STEVEN CHERENFANT, AKA STEVENS CHERENFANT, AKA BEANS, AIKIAM FLOYD, AKA OCK, BRANDON GREENIDGE, AKA B3, CORY HARRIS, AKA WILLIAM HARRIS, AKA C, JAMAR HARRY, AKA BRICKS 642, JEFFREY JOSEPH, SHAWN NEWLAND, AKA HELA
BANDZ, SILBERT NICHOLSON, AKA RICO, ZADEK ORGIAS, AKA Z, CORDERO PASSLEY, AKA LOONEY, GABRIEL PATTERSON, STEPHON RENE, AKA SHORTY, AKA LIL BANGER, AKEEM WATSON, AKA MONKS,
Defendants.
FOR APPELLEE: ALLON LIFSHITZ, Assistant United States Attorney, for Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY
FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT: BENJAMIN GRUENSTEIN (Rebecca J. Schindel, Andrea M. Thompson, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY
Appeal from an order and judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (William F. Kuntz, II, Judge).
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the cause is REMANDED to the District Court for it to clarify whether it relied on a disputed fact in sentencing.
Conell Brogdon appeals from the District Court's order explaining why it declined to adjust his sentence downward pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(b)(1). We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.
The Government does not dispute that the order violated Rule 32(i)(3)(B) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by reciting a disputed fact concerning Brogdon's alleged obstruction of justice without "rul[ing] on the dispute or determin[ing] that a ruling [was] unnecessary." Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(i)(3)(B). Nor does the Government dispute that we should review for harmless error, under which the Government bears the burden of proof. See United States v. Groysman, 766 F.3d 147, 155 (2d Cir. 2014).