Opinion ID: 151694
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Heading: Remand Under Regalado

Text: The parties agree that a remand pursuant to United States v. Regalado is warranted. 518 F.3d 143 (2d Cir. 2008). In Regalado we held that: Where a defendant has not preserved the argument that the sentencing range for the crack cocaine offense fails to serve the objectives of sentencing under § 3553(a), we will remand to give the district court an opportunity to indicate whether it would have imposed a non-Guidelines sentence knowing that it had discretion to deviate from the Guidelines to serve those objectives. If so, the court should vacate the original sentence and resentence the defendant. If not, the court should state on the record that it is declining to resentence, and it should provide an appropriate explanation for this decision. Id. at 149. We agree with the parties that a Regalado remand is appropriate here. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED, and the cause REMANDED for consideration of whether resentencing is appropriate pursuant to Regalado. FOR THE COURT: Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk 4