United States v. Robert Pizzino

COOK, Circuit Judge.

In 2009, Defendant Robert Michael Piz-zino pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography and received a 180-month sentence. He now challenges this sentence on several grounds. Because we find that the district court failed to address Pizzino’s nonfrivolous arguments for leniency, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

I. Background

In early 2008, FBI agents executed a search warrant of Pizzino’s home and seized his personal computer. Their forensic examination uncovered eighty-seven photos and twenty-two videos of child pornography, some of which depicted…