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133655P.pdf   10/10/2014  United States  v.  Russell Marks
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-3655
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Smith, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in denying Marks's motion for an evidentiary hearing on his 
   claim that the government improperly refused to move to reduce his 
   sentence for a previous conviction as he failed to make the necessary 
   threshold showing of bad faith or improper motive.