Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Remberto Rivera, Petitioner v. United States
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NO. _________
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
REMBERTO RIVERA,
Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent
__________________________________________
PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
APPENDIX
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INDEX TO APPENDIX
United States v. Rivera, 76 F.4th 1085 (8th Cir. 2023) ............................................. 1a
Order Denying Petition for Rehearing........................................................................ 7a
United States v. Rivera, 76 F.4th 1085 (2023)
76 F.4th 1085
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Remberto RIVERA, Defendant - Appellant
Counsel who represented the appellant was Christopher
Aaron Holt, AFPD, of Fayetteville, AR.
Counsel who represented the appellee was David A. Harris,
AUSA, of Fort Smith, AR.
Before KELLY, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
No. 22-1295
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Submitted: January 13, 2023
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Filed: August 10, 2023
Opinion
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
Synopsis
Background: Defendant pled guilty in the United States
District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Timothy
L. Brooks, J., to possession of methamphetamine with intent
to distribute, and he appealed.
Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Erickson, Circuit Judge,
held that:
defendant's Arkansas conviction for accomplice to robbery
qualified as predicate “crime of violence” under career
offender sentencing guideline's enumerated offenses clause;
district court did not clearly err in imposing two-level
enhancement for possession of dangerous weapon in
connection with drug crime; and
imposition of two-level enhancement
endangerment during flight was warranted.
Attorneys and Law Firms
for
reckless
Affirmed.
Stras, Circuit Judge, concurred in part, concurred in
judgment, and filed opinion.
Procedural Posture(s): Appellate Review; Sentencing or
Penalty Phase Motion or Objection.
*1087 Appeal from United States District Court for the
Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Remberto Rivera pled guilty to possession of
methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The district
court sentenced him as a career offender to 168 months’
imprisonment. Rivera appeals, claiming the district court 1
committed three reversible errors: (1) designating him as a
career offender; (2) applying a two-level enhancement for
possession of a dangerous weapon; and (3) applying a twolevel enhancement for reckless endangerment in the course of
fleeing from law enforcement. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In February 2020, a northwest Arkansas Drug Task Force
(“Task Force”) received a tip that Rivera was selling
methamphetamine in northwest Arkansas. The Task Force
also learned that Rivera was on parole and his conditions
allowed warrantless searches. While conducting surveillance
on March 3, 2020, at a motel known for drug activity, the Task
Force observed Rivera, carrying a backpack, enter the parking
lot. Task Force investigators approached Rivera, identified
themselves, and asked for his identification. When Rivera
refused to identify himself, claiming to have no identification,
investigators informed him that they knew who he was, that he
was on parole, that he had signed a warrantless search waiver,
and that they suspected him of trafficking methamphetamine.
After arresting Rivera for obstruction based on his refusal to
provide his name, investigators recovered his driver's license
from his pocket.
Investigators searched Rivera's backpack and found 15.9
grams of marijuana, 114.4 grams of methamphetamine,
a digital scale, a pipe with suspected methamphetamine
residue, clear plastic baggies, and more than $3,000 in cash.
The investigators also seized two phones from Rivera that
contained text messages indicating Rivera was engaged in
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drug trafficking. Rivera was taken into custody and later
released on bond.
endangerment during flight. He challenges each of those
conclusions on appeal.
On May 16, 2020, members of the Fayetteville Police
Department (“FPD”) observed Rivera at a residence under
surveillance because of suspected drug activity. *1088 FPD
officers followed Rivera's vehicle and, after multiple turns
onto different streets, Rivera parked and exited the car with a
companion. Rivera's companion eventually admitted that they
had spoken to a known drug distributor at the drug house.
II. DISCUSSION
We review a district court's application of the Sentencing
Guidelines de novo, and its factual findings for clear error.
United States v. Anderson, 618 F.3d 873, 879 (8th Cir. 2010)
(citation omitted).
Rivera told law enforcement that he owned the car but when
the police asked for permission to search the car, Rivera
claimed he was not the owner. Even though Rivera refused
to give permission to search the vehicle, officers informed
him they were going to search the vehicle without his consent
because he had signed a parole search waiver. Rivera was
initially agitated and became more visibly upset as contact
with the officers progressed. Rivera questioned why he was
being stopped, and exhibited signs that he might flee, such as
looking around and scanning the area.
When an officer attempted to handcuff him, Rivera, who
had been seated on the curb, stood up and attempted to
run. Officers grabbed Rivera and took him to the ground.
A chaotic struggle ensued during which Rivera attempted to
strike one officer with his fist, attempted to choke another
officer, grabbed at the handcuffs, and eventually succeeded
in taking a taser off one of the officers. Rivera then grabbed
at another officer's duty weapon. Eventually, two bystanders
came to the aid of the officers and Rivera was subdued and
taken into custody.
When officers searched Rivera's car, they found a loaded
handgun and a backpack containing a locked safe. Inside
the safe, officers discovered a second firearm, ammunition,
plastic baggies, and two digital scales. Another backpack
contained a glass pipe with suspected methamphetamine
residue and more small plastic baggies.
Rivera pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine with
intent to distribute. Because Rivera had prior Arkansas
convictions for Accomplice to Robbery and Possession of
Methamphetamine with Purpose to Deliver, he was found
to be a career offender. In calculating Rivera's advisory
Sentencing Guidelines range, the district court applied a twolevel increase for possession of a firearm in connection with
another felony offense and a two-level increase for reckless
A. Career Offender Status
Rivera asserts the district court erred when it classified him
as a career offender within the meaning of § 4B1.1 of the
United States Sentencing Guidelines. Under § 4B1.1(a), a
defendant qualifies as a “career offender” if he has at least
two prior felony convictions for either a crime of violence or
a controlled substance offense, is at least eighteen years old
at the time of the offense, and the instant felony offense is
a crime of violence or controlled substance offense. Section
4B1.2(a) defines a “crime of violence” as:
[A]ny offense under federal or state law, punishable by
imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, that(1) has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened
use of physical force against the person of another, or
(2) is murder, voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping,
aggravated assault, a forcible sex offense, robbery, arson,
extortion, or the use or unlawful possession of a firearm
described in *1089 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) or explosive
material as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 841(c).
Rivera acknowledges that we have found Arkansas robbery
to fit within the generic federal definition of robbery and
to qualify as a “crime of violence” under the enumerated
offenses clause of § 4B1.2(a)(2). See United States v. Stovall,
921 F.3d 758, 761 (8th Cir. 2019). He contends, however,
that his prior Arkansas conviction for Accomplice to Robbery
does not qualify as a predicate to support the career offender
enhancement because it is an inchoate offense not listed in
the Guidelines. Rivera claims that because the Guidelines
fail to include aiding and abetting offenses, the commentary
impermissibly expands the definition of “crime of violence”
beyond what the text allows. See U.S.S.G. § 4.B1.2 cmt. n. 1.
In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36, 113 S.Ct. 1913,
123 L.Ed.2d 598 (1993), the Supreme Court held that the
Guidelines commentary was to “be treated as an agency's
interpretation of its own legislative rule.” Id. at 44, 113 S.Ct.
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1913. Based on Stinson, this Court decided the commentary
was a reasonable interpretation of the Guidelines and was
within the Sentencing Commission's statutory authority.
United States v. Mendoza-Figueroa, 65 F.3d 691, 693-94 (8th
Cir. 1995) (en banc).
The law has undergone significant developments since
Stinson was decided, some of which may cast doubt on
our precedent in Mendoza-Figueroa. For instance, in 2019,
the Supreme Court, in Kisor v. Wilkie, ––– U.S. ––––, 139
S. Ct. 2400, 204 L.Ed.2d 841 (2019), held that deference
to an agency's own interpretation is to be afforded only
when (1) the law is “genuinely ambiguous”; (2) the agency's
proposed interpretation is reasonable; (3) the interpretation
is the agency's “authoritative” or “official position”; (4) the
regulatory interpretation implicates the agency's substantive
expertise; and (5) the agency's regulatory interpretation
reflects “fair and considered judgment.” Id. at 2415-17
(citations omitted). The Kisor Court cautioned lower courts
to “carefully consider the text, structure, history, and purpose
of a regulation, in all the ways it would if it had no agency to
fall back on.” Id. at 2415 (cleaned up).
After Kisor, several of our sister circuits revisited the
deference to be given to the Guidelines commentary and
overruled their prior precedents, concluding the definition
of controlled substance offenses in § 4B1.2(b) does not
include inchoate crimes. See, e.g., United States v. Dupree,
57 F.4th 1269, 1279 (11th Cir. 2023) (en banc); United
States v. Nasir, 17 F.4th 459, 472 (3d Cir. 2021) (en
banc); United States v. Castillo, 69 F.4th 648, 664 (9th Cir.
2023). Recently, the Fifth Circuit, applying Stinson deference,
reaffirmed its “longstanding precedent that inchoate offenses
like conspiracy are included in the definition of ‘controlled
substance offense’ while explaining, in the alternative, it
would also defer to the commentary under Kisor. United
States v. Vargas, 74 F.4th 673, 697-98 (5th Cir. 2023) (en
banc). A few weeks before Kisor was decided, the Sixth
Circuit abrogated its precedent and found the Sentencing
Commission had no power to add attempt crimes to the list
of offenses in § 4B1.2(b) through commentary. United States
v. Havis, 927 F.3d 382, 386-87 (6th Cir. 2019). In reaching
this conclusion, the Sixth Circuit asserted that, unlike the
Guidelines, the “commentary to the Guidelines never passes
through the gauntlets of congressional review or notice and
comment.” Id. at 386. Similar reasoning has been employed
by our sister circuits that have determined Kisor applies
to the Guidelines’ commentary. But there are grounds for
questioning this reasoning.
*1090 The United States Sentencing Commission routinely
publishes notice of its intention to amend the commentary
and application notes to the Guidelines. See e.g., U.S. Sent.
Comm., Notice of Submission to Congress of Amendments to
the Sentencing Guidelines Effective November 1, 2023, and
Request for Comment, 88 Fed. Reg. 28254 et seq. (May 3,
2023). Nor is there a basis to believe Congress has treated
the commentary differently than the black-letter Guidelines.
History reflects that Congress has actively overseen the
substance of the commentary to the Guidelines. By way of
example, in 2003, Congress amended certain commentary
provisions as part of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of
2003 (“PROTECT Act”), Pub. L. No. 108-21, 117 Stat.
650. Section 401(g) of the PROTECT Act directly amended
Application Note 6 and the background commentary to
U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1 (Acceptance of Responsibility), and
Section 401(i)(1)(A) of the PROTECT Act directly amended
Application Note 4(b)(i) to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.5 (Repeat and
Dangerous Sex Offender Against Minors).
On other occasions, Congress has instructed the Sentencing
Commission to reevaluate commentary in light of various
policy concerns. See Artists’ Rights and Theft Prevention
Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-9, § 105(c)(3), 119 Stat. 218
(2005) (instructing the Sentencing Commission to, among
other things, “determine whether the scope of ‘uploading’
set forth in application note 3 of section 2B5.3 of the
Federal sentencing guidelines is adequate to address the loss
attributable to people who, without authorization, broadly
distribute copyrighted works over the Internet”); see also
Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, Pub. L.
No. 109-181, § 1(c)(3), 120 Stat. 285 (2006) (instructing the
Sentencing Commission to “determine whether the definition
of ‘infringement amount’ set forth in application note 2 of
section 2B5.3 of the Federal sentencing guidelines is adequate
to address” certain situations).
The First and Second Circuits have expressed a desire to
follow the lead of these circuits but found themselves bound
by their precedent. See United States v. Lewis, 963 F.3d
16, 24-25 (1st Cir. 2020); United States v. Tabb, 949 F.3d
81, 87 (2d Cir. 2020). Still other circuits have declined to
find that Kisor alters the standard for the deference owed
to the Guidelines commentary. See, e.g., United States v.
Maloid, 71 F.4th 795, 803-817 (10th Cir. 2023) (concluding
Kisor did not change the standard of deference given to the
Guidelines’ commentary, and the district court did not plainly
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err in applying a modern definition of conspiracy in defining
generic conspiracy under the Guidelines); United States v.
Moses, 23 F.4th 347, 357 (4th Cir. 2022) (stating since Kisor
did not purport to overrule Stinson, it is not the court's role
to find that it did), cert. denied, ––– U.S. ––––, 143 S. Ct.
640, 640, 214 L.Ed.2d 369 (2023), contra United States v.
Campbell, 22 F.4th 438, 445 (4th Cir. 2022) (noting the
traditional tools for statutory construction do not support the
government's contention that the court should defer to the
commentary); United States v. Smith, 989 F.3d 575, 585-86
(7th Cir. 2021) (reaffirming its precedent that the Guidelines
commentary is authoritative); United States v. Babcock,
40 F.4th 1172, 1185 (10th Cir. 2022) (acknowledging its
precedent that the Guidelines commentary is authoritative).
With that background, Rivera contends Kisor renders our
holding in Mendoza-Figueroa no longer controlling. Since
Kisor, we have followed Mendoza-Figueroa in several cases,
though none of our post-Kisor precedent has substantively
reviewed Mendoza-Figueroa. See United States v. Jefferson,
975 F.3d 700, 708 (8th Cir. 2020) (rejecting challenge that
inchoate offenses were not controlled substance *1091
offenses on the ground that Court was bound by MendozaFigueroa); United States v. Broadway, 815 F. App'x 95,
96 n.2 (8th Cir. 2020) (per curiam) (noting that even if
the law had evolved since 1995, the panel was unable to
overrule Mendoza-Figueroa); United States v. Merritt, 934
F.3d 809, 811 (8th Cir. 2019) (concluding argument that drug
conspiracy convictions do not fall within the definition of a
controlled substance offense because the commentary cannot
add conspiracy offenses to the Guidelines was foreclosed by
Mendoza-Figueroa); United States v. Miller, 857 F. App'x
877, 878 (8th Cir. 2021) (per curiam) (noting the Sentencing
Commission has published a proposed amendment to § 4B1.2
that would resolve circuit split and summarily stating Kisor
has not undermined Mendoza-Figueroa).
While there is circuit disagreement on the deference to be
afforded the Guidelines’ commentary, the weight of authority
may suggest that Kisor undermines the Court's decision in
Mendoza-Figueroa. The question, though interesting, is not
one we are empowered to resolve today, as we are obligated to
follow our precedent until it is overruled by the Court sitting
en banc. United States v. Manning, 786 F.3d 684, 686 (8th Cir.
2015) (citation omitted). Since Rivera's claim is foreclosed by
Eighth Circuit precedent, the ultimate answer to this question
awaits another day. 2
B. Dangerous Weapons Enhancement
Rivera contends the district court erred in applying the
dangerous weapons enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)
(1), asserting there was no spatial and temporal nexus between
when he was found with drugs and when he was found
with firearms. This enhancement applies if the government
proves, by a preponderance of the evidence: (1) the gun was
possessed, and (2) it was not clearly improbable that the
weapon was connected to the drug offense. See Anderson,
618 F.3d at 880.
The first prong (possession) does not require proof of
ownership of either the weapon or of the premises where
the gun was found. Id. at 879 (citation omitted). In addition,
the defendant need not be observed using the weapon; it
is sufficient if the government demonstrates the defendant
“exercised ownership, dominion, or control” of either the
firearm or the premises where the firearm is located. Id. at 880
(citing United States v. Payne, 81 F.3d 759 (8th Cir. 1996)).
The district court found Rivera possessed two weapons
on May 16, as they were seized from a vehicle he was
driving, and he admittedly owned them. “Once a district
court has found that a gun was possessed during commission
of the offense, the court must impose the § 2D1.1(b)(1)
enhancement unless it is clearly improbable that the weapon
was connected to the offense.” Id. (citing United States v.
Peroceski, 520 F.3d 886, 889 (8th Cir. 2008)).
Rivera argues that the evidence is insufficient to conclude his
activities on May 16 *1092 were part of the same course
of conduct as his activities at the motel on March 3. The
dangerous weapon enhancement is applicable if the firearm
is found during “relevant conduct,” as defined in U.S.S.G. §
1B1.3(a)(2) and is not limited to the offense of conviction.
United States v. Ault, 446 F.3d 821, 824 (8th Cir. 2006)
(citations omitted). As the district court pointed out, both
instances involved drug trafficking related conduct, with the
only difference being the seizure of a distributable quantity
of methamphetamine in March while there was no seizure
of drugs but evidence of drug trafficking at the time of
Rivera's arrest in May. Specifically, the district court noted the
discovery of two scales, one with methamphetamine residue,
a pipe with residue, baggies, and two firearms. Notably,
Rivera was out on bond for the March possession offense
when he was observed at a known drug house and his
companion acknowledged that she and Rivera had met with
a known drug trafficker.
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On this record, the district court did not clearly err in
finding the events surrounding the May arrest and seizure of
evidence was relevant conduct under the Guidelines because
they were part of Rivera's course of conduct—his ongoing
drug trafficking activities—during this three-month period.
See id. (citation omitted). The two-level enhancement under
U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(1) applies.
C. Reckless Endangerment Enhancement
Finally, Rivera asserts the district court erred when it applied
a two-level enhancement for reckless endangerment during
flight pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.2. We have previously
applied the reckless endangerment adjustment to a defendant
fleeing on foot as well as by car. See United States v. Bates,
561 F.3d 754, 757 (8th Cir. 2009) (citation omitted). Our
precedent provides that “during flight should be broadly
construed and includes conduct in the course of resisting
arrest.” United States v. McDonald, 521 F.3d 975, 979 (8th
Cir. 2008) (cleaned up). In this case, Rivera fought with
two officers and successfully grabbed an officer's taser. He
then attempted to grab the other officer's duty weapon and
was only finally subdued when two bystanders rushed to
the aid of the officers. Rivera's conduct undoubtedly created
a substantial risk of injury or death to the officers and
bystanders, even though Rivera was tackled the moment
he attempted to flee. And as we previously noted, Rivera's
actions that day were relevant conduct under the Guidelines.
The district court did not err in imposing a two-level
enhancement for reckless endangerment.
III. CONCLUSION
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
STRAS, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and concurring in
the judgment.
A robbery is a robbery no matter how it is committed. Rivera
happened to do it as an accomplice rather than as a principal.
See Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-2-403, 5-12-102. But that does not
change “the crime of which he is guilty.” United States v.
Baca-Valenzuela, 118 F.3d 1223, 1232 (8th Cir. 1997); see
Cook v. State, 350 Ark. 398, 86 S.W.3d 916, 923 (2002)
(explaining that, under Arkansas law, “[w]hen two persons
assist one another in the commission of a crime, each is an
accomplice and criminally liable for the conduct of both”).
No separate crime of aiding and abetting exists, no matter the
“underlying offense.” Baca-Valenzuela, 118 F.3d at 1232.
We have already held that an Arkansas robbery conviction
counts as a “crime of violence” because it meets the generic
definition of robbery under the enumerated-offenses *1093
clause. United States v. Stovall, 921 F.3d 758, 761 (8th Cir.
2019). Stovall, which interprets the career-offender provision,
tells us everything we need to know. There is no need
to consult the commentary to understand that “aiding and
abetting” robbery—one way of committing it—qualifies as a
“crime of violence.” U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 cmt. n.1. Deference is
beside the point.
I have no doubt that we will need to address the impact of
Kisor at some point. Compare United States v. Dupree, 57
F.4th 1269, 1279 (11th Cir. 2023) (en banc) (declining to
defer to the commentary accompanying the career-offender
provision after Kisor), with United States v. Smith, 989
F.3d 575, 584–86 (7th Cir. 2021) (reaffirming that the
Guidelines commentary is authoritative). But the circuit split
that has developed in its wake focuses on how to treat
inchoate offenses like conspiracy and attempt, not crimes
committed as an accomplice. See, e.g., Dupree, 57 F.4th
at 1277–79 (concluding that “the plain language ... in §
4B1.2 unambiguously excludes inchoate offenses” (emphasis
added)); see also United States v. Castillo, 69 F.4th 648, 652
(9th Cir. 2023) (explaining that “inchoate offenses” include
“attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation” (quoting Inchoate
Offenses, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019))). The
court's discussion of deference is better left for a case in which
it matters.
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Footnotes
1
The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
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2
There may be another potential argument for not reaching the Kisor question in this particular case. Rivera
was convicted of robbery using an accomplice-liability theory rather than as a principal. See United States v.
Baca-Valenzuela, 118 F.3d 1223, 1232 (8th Cir. 1997) (“A fundamental theory of American criminal law is that
there is no offense of aiding and abetting or accomplice liability as such.”). Because we find Rivera's claim
foreclosed by precedent, we need not determine the significance of the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2
expressly including “crimes of violence” or “controlled substance” offenses involving aiding and abetting,
conspiracy, and attempting to commit such offenses, while the Guideline at issue in Baca-Valenzuela, §
2L1.1, did not.
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