United States v. Ramos

FAY, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from Aleides Ramos’s one-count conviction for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. Pretrial, the magistrate granted Ramos’s Rule 15 motion to depose a witness deported to Colombia. On government motion, the magistrate reconsidered and vacated that order, denying the motion to depose.

On appeal, Ramos argues the magistrate erred in reconsidering and vacating her order. He asks this Court to reverse his conviction, grant a new trial, and reinstate the order allowing him to depose the third party. We grant partial relief and remand for further…