United States v. Ortiz

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

Defendant German Ortiz pled guilty before this court to one count of conspiracy to distribute in excess of fifty grams of cocaine base (“crack”) and one kilogram of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and one count of distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet of a public school, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 860. 1 Now before the court is defendant’s objection to the sentencing guidelines calculations in his Presentence Investigation Report (PSI) and his request for a downward departure from the applicable sentencing range for post-offense…