United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit _____________________________________

August Term 2022

(Argued: June 30, 2023 Decided: March 15, 2024)

No. 21-2954

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

— v. —

ALEX OLIVERAS,

Defendant-Appellant.

_____________________________________ Before: LYNCH, BIANCO, AND PÉREZ, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant Alex Oliveras appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Arcara, J.), entered November 23, 2021, following his guilty plea, sentencing him principally to sixty- three months’ imprisonment and a three-year supervised release term for possessing cocaine with intent to