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113415P.pdf   06/22/2012  United States  v.  Jacinto Rivera-Mendoza
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-3415
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Bye and Beam, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Venue was proper in
   Northern Iowa as that is where authorities confirmed defendant's identity
   and ascertained his deportation status; no error in imposing an
   enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2D.1(b)(5) based on the importation
   of the drugs from Mexico; no error in denying defendant's request for an
   acceptance-of-responsibility reduction as defendant falsely denied the
   importation of the drugs and falsely claimed his participation was coerced;
   sentence was substantively reasonable.