Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Manuel Vienbenitos SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-01-12
Citations: 1 F. App'x 63
Docket Number: No. 00-1002
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Manuel Vienbenitos SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 1
Pages: 63–64

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Manuel Vienbenitos SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-1002.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Jan. 12, 2001.
Irma B. Ascher, Esq., New York, NY, for appellant.
Robert C. Juman; James J. Benjamin, Jr., on the brief, Assistant United States Attorneys, Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for appellees.
Present MESKILL, LEVAL, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Defendant Manuel Vienbenitos Santiago appeals from the sentence imposed on him on his plea of guilty to a drug conspiracy and assault on a federal agent. He argues that the district court erred by not granting him a two-level reduction as a "minor participant" under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2(b). Given the nature of Santiago's extended participation, his agreement to supply 550 grams of crack cocaine at a price of $11,000, his soliciting a supplier, his recruitment of a courier, and his giving of instructions concerning the exchange of drugs for money, the district court was well justified in rejecting Santiago's claim of entitlement to the minor-participant reduction.
ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.