Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-10-08
Citations: 332 F. App'x 716
Docket Number: No. 08-1385-cr
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: PRESENT: PIERRE N. LEVAL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judges, JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 332
Pages: 716–716

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Ramiro RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-1385-cr.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Oct. 8, 2009.
Randall D. Unger (Elizabeth E. Maeedo-nio, on the brief) Bayside, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.
Richard C. Daddario (Daniel A. Braun, of counsel), for Lev L. Dassin, Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY, for Appellee.
PRESENT: PIERRE N. LEVAL, JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judges, JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.
The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
This case returns to us upon a remand pursuant to the rule of United States v. Jacobson, 15 F.3d 19, 21-22 (2d Cir.1994). Defendant-appellant Ramiro Rodriguez was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms and more of cocaine and a kilogram and more of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and was sentenced principally to 120 months' imprisonment and five years of supervised release. Defendant appealed and we remanded the case to the District Court to determine whether the government had met its obligations under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150, 92 S.Ct. 763, 31 L.Ed.2d 104 (1972), in connection with defendant Patricia Lopez's pre-trial statements and testimony at trial. In an order entered on March 12, 2008, Judge Sweet concluded that' the government had not violated its Brady and Giglio obligations by withholding the content of Lopez's pretrial statements. Defendant's appeal challenges the District Court's conclusion. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history, and the issues on appeal.
Defendant argues that (1) he was denied his right to a fair trial by the government's failure to disclose to the defense the substance of a prosecution witness's pre-trial statements and (2) that the District Court erred in determining that the government's withholding of those statements was not material and therefore did not prejudice defendant.
Substantially for the reasons stated by the District Court in its careful and well-reasoned opinion, United States v. Rodriguez, 538 F.Supp.2d 674 (S.D.N.Y.2008), we conclude that the government did not violate its obligations under Brady or Gig-lio.
CONCLUSION
Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the District Court.