United States v. Padilla Alvarado

In this appeal we consider whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (William H. Pauley, III, Judge) plainly erred by sentencing defendant-appellant Hemenegildo Padilla Alvarado (“Padilla”) to, inter alia, a three-year term of supervised release even though Section 5Dl.l(c) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “Guidelines”) provides that district courts “ordinarily should not impose a term of supervised release in a case in which ... the defendant is a deportable alien who likely will be deported after imprisonment.” U.S.S.G. §…