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173314P.pdf   03/20/2019  United States  v.  Stirling Michael Heaton
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-3314
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. In granting a sentencing reduction under Amendment 782, the district court erred under the policy statement in Guidelines Sec. 1B1.10(b)(2)(A) in reducing defendant's sentence below the minimum amended guideline range; constitutional challenge to Sec. 1B1.10 rejected as it was not irrational for the Commission to avoid undue complexity and litigation by adopting a uniform limitation on reductions tied to the amended guidelines range; reversed and remanded for entry of sentence not less than the applicable 110-month minimum of the amended guidelines range.