UNITED STATES v. DUNLAP (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Jason Andrew Dunlap (“Defendant”) appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court miscalculated the applicable guideline range and erroneously concluded it lacked authority to sentence Defendant below the statutory mandatory minimum. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a). We vacate and remand for resentencing in light of United States v. Reinhart, 893 F.3d 606 (9th Cir. 2018).

The parties first addressed Reinhart in Rule 28(j) letters filed shortly before oral argument. Defendant had previously conceded that the prior state conviction charged in the Information triggered a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e). However, Reinhart constitutes an intervening change in the law that may affect the analysis of this issue, and the parties agree that remand is appropriate to allow the district court to evaluate in the first instance the potential impact of Reinhart on the applicable statutory mandatory minimum. Because we find that remand is appropriate in light of Reinhart, we decline to address at this juncture the other issues raised in Defendant’s appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED for resentencing.