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153551P.pdf   07/18/2016  United States  v.  James Hess
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3551
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman and Murphy, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The record supported the district court's 
   statement at sentencing that defendant's actions contributed to 
   establishing and furthering a market for black rhino horns; the district 
   court carefully considered the 3553(a) factors before determining 
   defendant's sentence, and the sentence was not substantively unreasonable.