164066P.pdf   06/11/2018  United States  v.  Sarah Zeaiter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-4066
                          and No:  16-4118
                          and No:  16-4555
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Colloton and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in imposing a 
   four-level enhancement against defendant Ali under Guidelines Sec. 
   3B1.1(a) for his leadership or organizer role in the offense; no error in 
   imposing a ten-level enhancement against Ali under Guidelines Sec. 
   2K2.1(b)(1)(E) because the offense involved more than two hundred 
   firearms; the court did not err in denying Ali's request for an 
   acceptance-of-responsibility reduction under Guidelines Sec. 3E1.1(a) as 
   he made frivolous objections to the PSR and attempted to minimize his 
   conduct; Ali's below-guidelines range sentence was not substantively 
   unreasonable; the district court did not err in imposing a three-level 
   manager/supervisor enhancement against defendant Herz under Guidelines 
   Sec. 3B1.1(b); Herz has failed to show that the government's decision not 
   to file a substantial assistance motion was based on an unconstitutional 
   motive or was not rationally related to any legitimate government end; 
   defendant Bassem's sentence was not substantively unreasonable; no error 
   in denying defendant Zeaitner's motion for a three-level mitigating role 
   adjustment under Guidelines Sec. 3B1.2 cmt. n.3; nor did the court err in 
   denying her motion for a downward variance.