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024133P.pdf   10/10/2003  United States  v.  M. Gonzales-Ortega
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-4133
   Northern District of Iowa   
   Criminal Case - upward departure. District court's grant of upward 
   departure because criminal history level VI did not adequately reflect 
   defendant's criminal history is affirmed. Extent of departure was not 
   unreasonable; method for determining the extent of the departure was 
   not error. District court exercised its broad discretion in fashioning 
   upward departure that was fair and not inconsistent with the 
   Guidelines.