United States v. Ramírez

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

An investigation of gang-related drug trafficking by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) led to the arrest of Appellant Rigoberto Ramírez (“Ramirez”), a key supplier of crack cocaine in his community in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Ramirez was indicted, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, and received a thirteen-year sentence. Ramirez now challenges his sentence on both substantive and procedural grounds, claiming that his prior felony conviction did not warrant the career offender…