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012250P.pdf   04/28/2003  USA  v.  Victor Madrigal
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-2250
   Northern District of Iowa   
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. When a district court 
   judge for good cause and in the interests of justice continues 
   a sentencing hearing, the judge does not lose discretion to 
   grant an offender, who is qualified at the time of imposition 
   of the sentence, a statutory safety valve deduction from a 
   mandatory minimum sentence.