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“hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.”
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examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) United States v. Colorado-Castillo
2d Cir. · 2025 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Erskine
2d Cir. · 2026 · confidence medium
We see no abuse of discretion in the district court’s finding, which was supported by a “preponderance of the evidence.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Schmitt
2d Cir. · 2025 · confidence medium
First, the district court “shall determine the full amount of the victim’s losses that 49 were incurred or are reasonably projected to be incurred by the victim as a result of the trafficking 1 Although the notice of appeal states that Schmitt appeals from the judgment and the amended judgment of the district court, an “amended judgment supersedes the original judgment.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 692 (2d Cir. 2015). 2 The district court ordered restitution of $10,000 to Violet, $5,000 to Henley, $10,000 to Jane, and $7,500 to Lily. 2 1 in child pornography depicting the vict…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Lora
2d Cir. · 2025 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015) (cleaned up).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Kurland
2d Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence,” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015), and may rest “on circumstantial evidence and on reasonable inferences drawn therefrom,” United States v. Gaskin, 364 F.3d 438, 464 (2d Cir. 2004).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. MacKo
2d Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
Even though a within- Guidelines sentence is not per se reasonable, we have “recognize[d] that in the overwhelming majority of cases,” a sentence that falls within the Guidelines will be comfortably “within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (quoting United States v. Ingram, 721 F.3d 35, 37 (2d Cir. 2013) (per curiam)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Andrea Drake v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
6th Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
Johnson also argues that we lack jurisdiction to hear Drake’s appeal because Drake “appealed only from the district court’s original judgment [in the Drake Action], not its amended judgment”2 and “[a]n ‘amended judgment supersedes the original judgment,’ leaving the former with no effect.” Appellee Br. at 12 (quoting United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 692 (2d Cir. 2015)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Christian
2d Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Jones
2d Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015). “[A]bsolute precision” in the loss amount is not required; the evidence “need only permit the district court to make a reasonable estimate of the loss given the available information.” United States v. Coppola, 671 F.3d 220, 250 (2d Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Antonio Small
2d Cir. · 2024 · confidence medium
We agree with the government that the district court could properly consider the challenged comments, as the district court has broad discretion at sentencing regarding “the kind of evidence [it] may consider, or the source from which it may come.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Edwards (2×) also: Cited "see"
2d Cir. · 2022 · confidence medium
United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Rosado v. Maxymillian
2d Cir. · 2022 · confidence medium
He brought a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. * Peter Russell and Ann Sullivan, respectively, were automatically substituted for the two purported “FKA” persons pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d). 1 Although the notice of appeal states that Rosado appeals from, inter alia, the judgment and the amended judgment of the district court, an “amended judgment supersedes the original judgment.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 692 (2d Cir. 2015). 2 § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of various conditions of his confinement, contending principally that they are more…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. DiMartino
2d Cir. · 2019 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Maldonado
2d Cir. · 2019 · confidence medium
Though “[w]e do not presume that a Guidelines sentence is necessarily substantively reasonable,” id. (internal quotation marks omitted), we will set aside a district court’s substantive determination “only in exceptional cases where the trial court’s decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also United States v. Eaglin, 913 F.3d 88, 94 (2d Cir. 2019) (“We reverse a sentence for substantive unreasonableness only for those few cases that, although procedural…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Swartz
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
We note as an initial matter that a “district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015).2 The loss calculations here were based on extensive victim impact statements, financial records, grand jury testimony, and promissory notes signed by Swartz.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Nesbitt
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
“We will set aside a district court’s substantive determination only in exceptional cases where the trial court’s decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (alteration omitted) (quoting United States v. Wagner-Dano, 679 F.3d 83, 95 (2d Cir. 2012)). “[W]hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” Id. (quo…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Mustafa
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
See App’x 649–50. 36 unsupportable as a matter of law”); United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (recognizing that in “overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances” (internal quotation marks omitted)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Delima
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
A district judge is “largely unlimited either as to the kind of information he may consider, or the source from which it 2 may come.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal citation omitted); see also 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (“No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the [defendant’s] background, character, and conduct . . . which a court . . . may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Delima
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
A district judge is “largely unlimited either as to the kind of information he may consider, or the source from which it 2 may come.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal citation omitted); see also 18 U.S.C. § 3661 (“No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the [defendant’s] background, character, and conduct . . . which a court . . . may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Whitworth
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
“The particular weight to be afforded aggravating and mitigating factors is a matter firmly committed to the discretion of the sentencing judge.” United States v. Broxmeyer, 699 F.3d 265, 289 (2d Cir. 2012). “[W]e will set aside a district court’s substantive determination only in exceptional cases where the trial court’s decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (quotation marks omitted) (quoting United States v. Wagner-Dano, 679 F.3d 83, 95 (2d Cir. 2012)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Kessler
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
While we do not presume that Kessler’s sentence is substantively reasonable simply because it falls within his Guidelines range, “we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Moore
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
And “we will set aside a district court’s substantive determination only in exceptional cases where the trial court’s decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (alteration omitted) (quoting United States v. Wagner-Dano, 679 F.3d 83, 95 (2d Cir. 2012)). “[Wjhile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” Ryan…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Muir
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
“A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015) (quoting United States v. Gonzalez, 647 F.3d 41, 62 (2d Cir. 2011)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. James
2d Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
While we do not presume that James’s 27-month sentence is substantively reasonable simply because it falls within his 24-to-30-month Guidelines range, “we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Makropoulos
2d Cir. · 2017 · confidence medium
Makropoulos’s sentence was at the bottom of his recommended Guidelines range, and we have recognized that “in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 696 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Ulbricht
2d Cir. · 2017 · confidence medium
See United States v. Stevenson, 834 F.3d 80, 85 (2d Cir. 2016); United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693-94 (2d Cir. 2015).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Samuel
2d Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
Moreover, we have recognized “that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence *40 will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 695 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Tonawanda Coke Corp.
2d Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
We cannot conclude — particularly in view of district judges’ “wide discretion in determining what sentence to impose,” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir.2015) (internal quotation marks omitted) — that the District Court erred in taking account of it here.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) 14-1091-Cr
2d Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
We cannot conclude — particularly in view of district judges’ “wide discretion in determining what sentence to impose,” United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted) — that the District Court erred in taking account of it here.
discussed Cited "see" Price v. United States
E.D.N.Y · 2023 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015) (noting that a “district court's factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a pre- ponderance of the evidence”).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Zhong
2d Cir. · 2022 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693-94 (2d Cir. 2015); U.S.S.G. § 6A1.3 commentary (“[U]se of a preponderance of the evidence standard is appropriate to meet due process requirements and policy concerns in resolving disputes regarding application of the guidelines to the facts of a case.”).
cited Cited "see" United States v. Randy Poulson
3rd Cir. · 2017 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 694 (2d Cir. 2015).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Alfredo Leyva
D.C. Cir. · 2019 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See United States v. Rodriguez, 731 F.3d 20, 31 (1st Cir. 2013); United States v. Pineda, 770 F.3d 313, 318 (4th Cir. 2014); United States v. Moncivais, 492 F.3d 652, 658 (6th Cir. 2007); United States v. Tapias, 610 F.3d 505, 514 (7th Cir. 2010); United States v. Sheridan, 859 F.3d 579, 583 (8th Cir. 2017); United States v. Hernandez-Guerrero, 633 F.3d 933, 935 (9th Cir. 2011); United States v. Kendrick, 697 F. App’x 622, 623 (11th Cir. 2017) (unpublished); see also United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691, 693 (2d Cir. 2015) (applying the clear error standard); United States v. Jones, 514 Fed.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Alfredo Leyva
D.C. Cir. · 2019 · signal: see also · confidence low
See United States v. Rodriguez , 731 F.3d 20 , 31 (1st Cir. 2013) ; United States v. Pineda , 770 F.3d 313 , 318 (4th Cir. 2014) ; United States v. Moncivais , 492 F.3d 652 , 658 (6th Cir. 2007) ; United States v. Tapia , 610 F.3d 505 , 514 (7th Cir. 2010) ; United States v. Sheridan , 859 F.3d 579 , 583 (8th Cir. 2017) ; United States v. Hernandez-Guerrero , 633 F.3d 933 , 935 (9th Cir. 2011) ; United States v. Kendrick , 697 F. App'x 622 , 623 (11th Cir. 2017) (unpublished); see also United States v. Ryan , 806 F.3d 691 , 693 (2d Cir. 2015) (applying the clear error standard); United States …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Tulsiram
2d Cir. · 2016 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Ryan, 806 F.3d 691 , 692 & n. 1 (2d Cir.2015) (noting that a district court set restitution after the defendant filed a notice of appeal from the initial sentence); United States v. Muzio, 757 F.3d 1243, 1254 (11th Cir.) ("While it is typically true that the filing of an appeal divests district courts of jurisdiction over the matters contained in the appeal ... the district court retains the power to determine the amount of restitution even if an appeal from the initial judgment has been filed with us.”), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 395 , 190 L.Ed.2d 279 (20…
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United States
v.
Matthew John RYAN
No. 11-4479-cr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Nov 25, 2015.
806 F.3d 691
Ransom Reynolds, Steven D. Clymer, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, N.Y., for Appellee., David J. Taffany, Anderson, Moschetti & Taffany, PLLC, Latham, N.Y., for Defendant Appellant.
Cabranes, Kearse, Walker.
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JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Matthew John Ryan (“Ryan”) has appealed from an October 12, 2011 judgment of the District Court sentencing him principally to a term of imprisonment of 121 months following his February 22, 2011 guilty plea to one count of securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The District Court incorporated that punishment into an amended judgment, dated March 3, 2015, and entered May 1, 2015 (the “May 1, 2015 amended judgment”), from which Ryan has not filed a second notice of appeal. Because we held his original appeal in abeyance pending completion of the restitution proceedings that resulted in the amended judgment,[1] and because the amended judgment supersedes the original judgment, we treat Ryan’s appeal as a[*693] challenge to so much of the amended judgment as sentenced him to 121 months’ imprisonment.[2]

Ryan raises two arguments on appeal. First, he argues that the District Court erred in determining that his offense involved 50 or more victims. Second, he argues that his sentence was substantively unreasonable. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts, the procedural history of the case, and the issues on appeal.

We begin with Ryan’s first argument. “[A] trial judge in the federal judicial system generally has wide discretion in determining what sentence to impose.” United States v. Tucker, 404 U.S. 443, 446, 92 S.Ct. 589, 30 L.Ed.2d 592 (1972); see also United States v. Corsey, 723 F.3d 366, 374 (2d Cir.2013) (noting that district courts enjoy “broad discretion” in sentencing “because they are [ ] better positioned institutionally to determine the appropriate sentence in a particular case”). “[B]e-fore making that determination, a judge may appropriately conduct an inquiry broad in scope, largely unlimited either as to the kind of information he may consider, or the source from which it may come.” Tucker, 404 U.S. at 446, 92 S.Ct. 589; accord Alleyne v. United States, - U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 2163 n. 6, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013) (same); U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 6A1.3(a) (U.S. Sentencing Comm’n 2010) (“2010 Guidelines”) (“In resolving any dispute concerning a factor important to the sentencing determination, the court may consider relevant information without regard to its admissibility under the rules of evidence applicable at trial, provided that the information has sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.”). Additionally, at sentencing, “the district court may make credibility determinations which this Court will not disturb unless clearly erroneous.” United States v. McLean, 287 F.3d 127, 133 (2d Cir.2002) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also United States v. Guang, 511 F.3d 110, 123 (2d Cir.2007) (‘We give strong deference to findings based on credibility determinations.”).

At the time of Ryan’s sentencing, Section 2Bl.l(b)(2)(B) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) provided that, “[i]f the [defendant’s] offense ... involved 50 or more victims, [the offense level should be] increase[d] by 4 levels.” 2010 Guidelines § 2Bl.l(b)(2)(B); see also United States v. Lacey, 699 F.3d 710, 714 (2d Cir.2012); United States v. Gonzalez, 647 F.3d 41, 61 (2d Cir.2011).[3] The Guidelines define “victim” in pertinent part as “any person who sustained any[*694] part of the actual loss/’ and “person” as “inelud[ing] individuals, corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies.” 2010 Guidelines § 2B1.1 cmt. n. 1.

“The question of whether a given individual is a victim within the meaning of [Section] 2B1.1(b)(2) ... is an issue of law,” which we review de novo, and “[t]he number of persons or entities who are victims within the meaning of ... [Section] 2B1.1(b)(2) is a question of fact. A district court’s factual findings at sentencing need be supported only by a preponderance of the evidence, and such findings may be overturned only if they are clearly erroneous.” Gonzalez, 647 F.3d at 62 (alterations, citations, and internal quotation marks omitted).

Upon review of the record and relevant law, we are convinced that the District Court did not err, much less clearly err, in determining that Ryan’s offense involved 50 or more victims. In making this determination, the District Court relied on a “restitution list” prepared by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. A-95. The restitution list was based on a report from the Securities and Exchange Commission, responses to questionnaires that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) sent to investors potentially harmed by Ryan’s fraud, and interviews of those investors conducted by an FBI agent. A-88-90. It therefore “ha[d] sufficient indicia of reliability to support its probable accuracy.” 2010 Guidelines § 6A1.3(a).

The restitution list included the names of more than 50 victims. See GA-4-7. Some of these victims were the spouses of other victims, which prompted a colloquy between the District Court and the government. See A-90-91 (“[T]here are many instances you had spouses that had invested. In those cases you would have two victims, not just one victim. And so based on that ..., we calculated that it would be more than 50 victims.”). But this fact does not alter our conclusion, as we agree with the Seventh Circuit that “it [is] proper for [a] district court to count a married couple holding investments jointly as two individual victims for the purposes of applying the section 2B1.1(b)(2) sentence enhancement.” United States v. Harris, 718 F.3d 698, 703 (7th Cir.2013); see also United States v. Densmore, 210 Fed.Appx. 965, 971 (11th Cir.2006) (non-precedential but persuasive unpublished opinion)[4] (“[B]oth [a] husband and [a] wife are victims under § 2B1.1(b)(2) when jointly held money is taken....”). As the commentary to Section 2B1.1 makes clear, “any person who sustained any part of the actual loss” is a “victim.” 2010 Guidelines § 2B1.1 cmt. n. 1 (emphasis supplied). Thus, the District Court properly counted each married couple jointly holding investments as two individual “victims” within the meaning of that term as used in Section 2B1.1(b)(2).

Further, we find no error in the District Court’s rejection of Ryan’s claim that “there were only 31 or 32 victims” on[*695] the ground that “the list he submitted with his sentencing memorandum [was] based on his personal recollection and [was] unsubstantiated.” A-95. It is clear that the District Court declined to credit Ryan’s assertion, a decision that is entitled to substantial deference. See, e.g., United States v. Norman, 776 F.3d 67, 78 (2d Cir.2015). Accordingly, we affirm the District Court’s determination that Ryan’s offense involved 50 or more victims.

With respect to Ryan’s second argument&emdash;that his sentence was substantively unreasonable&emdash;“[w]e will set aside a district court’s substantive determination only in exceptional cases where the trial court’s decision cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions.” United States v. Wagner-Dano, 679 F.3d 83, 95 (2d Cir.2012) (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted). Further, “[w]hile we have declined to adopt a per se rule, we recognize that in the overwhelming majority of cases, a Guidelines sentence will fall comfortably within the broad range of sentences that would be reasonable in the particular circumstances.” United States v. Ingram, 721 F.3d 35, 37 (2d Cir.2013) (alteration and internal quotation marks omitted).

Here, Ryan’s sentence fell within the Guidelines range, A-111-12, and we see nothing in the record to suggest that this is “one of those exceptional cases in which the imposition of a within-Guidelines sentence is substantively unreasonable,” United States v. Chu, 714 F.3d 742, 748 (2d Cir.2013) (internal quotation marks omitted). We therefore also affirm the District Court’s substantive determination.

CONCLUSION

We have considered all of Ryan’s arguments on appeal and have- found them to be without merit. The May 1, 2015 amended judgment of the District Court is therefore AFFIRMED; but the cause is REMANDED to the District Court for the sole purpose of making ministerial corrections to the first page of the amended judgment by deleting the reference to 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and changing “78(j)(b); (ff)” to “78j(b); 78ff.”

1

The original judgment was a final judgment, despite the fact that the District Court did not enter a restitution order until it entered the amended judgment on May 1, 2015. See Gonzalez v. United States, 792 F.3d 232, 237 (2d Cir.2015) (holding that a defendant has "two opportunities to appeal: from an initial sentence, even if some aspects of the sentence are not final; and from the final order disposing of the case in the district court”). Accordingly, this Court has had jurisdiction since October 2011, when Ryan timely filed á notice of appeal of the original judgment.

2

The amended judgment (like the original judgment) contains two errors that the District Court should correct. First, although the amended judgment correctly identifies the offense to which Ryan pleaded guilty as "Securities Fraud,” it incorrectly identifies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 as one of the operative statutes. See Amended Judgment at 1, United States v. Ryan, No. 10-CR-319 (NAM) (N.D.N.Y. May 1, 2015), ECF No. 72 ("Amended Judgment”). Ryan was charged in the indictment with several counts of mail fraud under Section 1341, see A-18-19, but those counts were dismissed pursuant to his plea agreement, see A-32, A114. Second, the amended judgment refers to 115 U.S.C. §§ 78(j)(b); (££),” which should instead read “15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b); 78ff.” See Amended Judgment at 1.

3

Effective November 1, 2015, Section 2B 1.1 (b)(2)(B) was amended to set new thresholds for offense-level increases according to the number of and extent of harm caused to victims. But this amendment does not affect our analysis here, because "[gjenerally, sentencing courts are required to apply the Guidelines Manual in effect on the date that -the defendant is sentenced.” United States v. Brooks, 732 F.3d 148, 149 (2d Cir.2013) (citing 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(4)(A)(ii); 2010 Guidelines § 1B1.11(a)).

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See Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 advisory committee's note to 2006 adoption (“The citation of unpublished opinions issued before January 1, 2007, will continue to be governed by the local rules of the circuits.”). Compare 11th Cir. R. 36-2 (“Unpublished opinions are not considered binding precedent, but they may be cited as persuasive authority.”), with 2d Cir. R. 32.1.1(b) ("[A] party may not cite a summary order of this court issued prior to January 1, 2007, except: (A) in a subsequent stage of a case in which the summary order has been entered, in a related case, or in any case for purposes of estoppel or res judicata; or (B) when a party cites the summary order as subsequent history for another opinion that it appropriately cites.”).