DISCLAIMER:  Any unofficial case summaries below are prepared by the clerk's office
                        as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.

041594P.pdf   04/13/2005  United States  v.  Darrin Todd Haack
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1594
   Northern District of Iowa   
   Criminal case - Sentencing Guidelines. In an appeal by the government 
   challenging the extent of the district court's downward departure for 
   substantial assistance under Sec. 5K1.1, the court finds a departure from 
   the 120 month mandatory minimum to 18 months was unreasonable and 
   an abuse of discretion; the significance, usefulness, nature and extent of 
   defendant's cooperation did not support the departure; the court also 
   expresses concern that the sentencing court's departure was based, at least 
   in part, on the court's dissatisfaction with the Guidelines, which is neither 
   a proper nor a relevant factor for a departure. Case remanded for 
   resentencing. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Murphy and Hansen, Circuit Judges]