United States v. Cabrera

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

GERTNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Oscar Cabrera (“Cabrera”) was, at most, a delivery man caught in a government sting. He hardly fits the profile of a major drug dealer. He was told — apparently at the last minute — to pick up the drugs that undercover government agents had brought from Texas. At the time of the deal, he was homeless, living out of his car; he had little or no idea about what was going on in the drug deal; he had no role in negotiating it, no money with him at the time of the sting, and was not remotely capable of investing in this drug transaction,…