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061567P.pdf   02/02/2007  United States  v.  Ramon Gomez Godinez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1567
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Hansen and Smith, Circuit
   Judges]
   Criminal case - Sentencing. No error in denying defendant a reduction
   under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.2(b) for a minor role in the offense as
   defendant was deeply involved in the drug conspiracy and played an
   essential role in the operation; district court did not abuse its discretion 
   in refusing to find that the defendant's circumstances as a youth placed this
   case outside the heartland; plea agreement gave the government
   discretion to determine whether it should move for a sentence reduction
   based on defendant's substantial assistance, and the defendant failed to
   show government had any improper motive in refusing to file a
   substantial assistance motion under Guidelines Sec. 5K1.1.