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U.S. v. TAPIA

No. 09-50248.

665 F.3d 1059 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandra TAPIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Dale Blankenship , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Bruce R. Castetter , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Jaime D. Parks , Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Michelle Betancourt , Federal Defender, Doug Keller , Federal Defender, Reuben Camper Cahn , Executive Director, Federal Defenders of San Diego , James Fife , Federal Defender, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER and STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and HENRY E. HUDSON, District Judge.

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

In sentencing Alejandra Tapia ("Tapia") following her conviction on immigration and bail-jumping charges, the district judge made a number of comments suggesting that the length of the sentence he imposed was determined at least in part by a desire to ensure that Tapia received drug treatment while in prison. We affirmed Tapia's sentence, but the Supreme Court reversed, remanding to this court to determine whether Tapia...

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