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052322P.pdf   02/15/2006  USA  v.  Ali Ademi
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-2322
   Northern District of Iowa   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bye and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Judicial fact-finding using a preponderance
   of the evidence standard is permitted when the guidelines are applied in
   an advisory fashion; no error in imposing a 5K2.21 upward departure;
   sentence was reasonable, considering the nature and circumstances of the
   offense, defendant's personal characteristics, the seriousness of the
   offense and the need to protect the public from the kind of violence and
   exploitation present in the offense.