United States v. Silvestre M. Rivera

*994T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

The defendant in this case, Silvestre May-orquin Rivera (“Rivera”), entered into a plea agreement in which he pled guilty to four counts of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The district court sentenced Rivera to 168 months in prison followed by thirty-six months of Supervised release. Rivera timely appeals that sentence on three separate grounds, arguing that the district court erred in: (1) sentencing him as a career offender; (2) failing to make a downward departure from the Sentencing Guidelines; and (3) sentencing him to fourteen years…