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U.S. v. COTTO-FLORES

No. 18-2013.

970 F.3d 17 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Yaira T. COTTO-FLORES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 10, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Rafael Rivera-Rodríguez , with whom Allan Amir Rivera-Fernández was on brief, for appellant.

Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Torruella and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

Once again, we are called upon to explain how a federal government in which Puerto Ricans have no vote may regulate them more extensively than it can most every other American citizen. Bound by our precedent, here we go.

One fateful day in March 2015, Yaira Taines Cotto-Flores, then a 26-year-old English teacher...

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