No. 20-1360

JULIO A. RODRÍGUEZ-MÉNDEZ,

Petitioner, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES,

Respondent, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Barron, Chief Judge, Montecalvo and Aframe, Circuit Judges.

Kevin E. Lerman, Assistant Federal Public Defender with whom Rachel Brill, Federal Public Defender, District of Puerto Rico, Héctor L. Ramos-Vega, Interim Federal Public Defender, District of Puerto Rico, and Franco L. Pérez-Redondo, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Supervisor, Appeals Division, were on brief, for Appellant. Michael A. Rotker, with whom, W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Ricardo A. Imbert-Fernández, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for Appellee.

April 8, 2025 AFRAME, Circuit J