9th Circuit vacates Michael Avenatti's 14-year prison term, remands for sentencing

Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti will return to Santa Ana for resentencing under a new appellate order that says a judge must determine the value of his legal work.

Michael Avenatti appears on CNN in July 2018 to discuss a possible bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president. (screenshot via CNN)

A federal appellate court on Wednesday vacated disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s 14-year prison sentence in his California client fraud case.

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Avenatti’s sentence didn’t p…