United States v. Espinal-Mieses

FRANCISCO A. BESOSA, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Before the Court are defendants Rafael Espinal-Mieses ("Espinal")'s and Francisco Batista-Reyes ("Batista")'s respective motions for application of the safety valve provision set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) (" section 3553(f)," or "statutory safety value") and U.S.S.G. § 5Cl.2. (Docket Nos. 138 and 142.) Batista also moves for a two-level reduction in the computation of his sentencing guidelines pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(17) (" section 2D1.1(b)(17)"). (Docket No. 142.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Espinal and…