United States v. Vinesh Darji

OPINION

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge.

This prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., involved a conspiracy to distribute Schedule III and Schedule IV controlled substances — primarily hydrocodone and al-prazolam — via the internet from 2005 to 2009. Defendants-Appellants Audrey Barbara Rovedo (“Rovedo”) and Vinesh Darji (“Darji”) are two of twelve individual defendants charged in this case. The government charged both Rovedo and Darji with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, as well as several counts of…