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162574P.pdf   05/08/2017  United States  v.  Nathan Minard
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2574
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. Claim that the district court's statement to 
   the crime victim at sentencing reflected bias or partiality rejected; the 
   statement was a spontaneous expression of empathy and did not reflect 
   deep-seated antagonism; further, the court gave ample reasons for its 
   sentencing decisions which reflected a through and proper consideration of 
   the statutory sentencing factors.