U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States v. Diaz
August 21, 2026
Summary
The court affirmed Diaz's 204-month sentence despite concluding that the district court failed to make the specific factual findings required to support the managerial enhancement. It held that any error was harmless because the district court unequivocally stated that it would impose at least a ten-year sentence regardless of the enhancement or safety-valve eligibility. The court also upheld the drug-quantity finding as not clearly erroneous and held that any related error was harmless for the same reason.