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123855P.pdf   07/18/2013  United States  v.  Shawn Gant
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-3855
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Colloton, Gruender and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. No error in admitting 
   prior-acts evidence; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's 
   conviction on three counts of arson; no error in imposing an upward 
   departure under Guidelines Sec. 5K2.0(a)(3); district court adequately 
   considered the sentencing factors under 3553(a), including defendant's 
   mental health issues, and did not err in imposing an upward variance.