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183312P.pdf   11/21/2019  United States  v.  Spencer Fitzpatrick
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-3312
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Ft. Dodge   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Smith, with Wollman and Beam, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal Case - sentencing. District court properly weighed 
   Fitzpatrick?s difficult upbringing in light of his extensive criminal 
   history over decades since his childhood and did not abuse its discretion 
   in denying a request for a downward variance.