211211P.pdf   05/26/2022  United States  v.  Felipe Noriega, Jr.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-1211
                          and No:  21-1324
                          and No:  21-1419
                          and No:  21-1421
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Benton and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal Law and Sentencing. The traffic stop of defendant 
   Noriega's vehicle was not unlawfully extended based on the facts presented 
   - defendant's nervousness, his inability to explain his travel plans, the 
   strong odor of air freshener, and the officer's experience in drug 
   interdiction stops; the defendants' sentences were not substantively 
   unreasonable; a district court may vary from a Guideline on policy 
   grounds, but it is not required to do so; the district court did not 
   commit a procedural error when it denied defendant Cuevas's argument that 
   he should received a mitigating role reduction under Guidelines Sec. 
   3B1.2(b) as he played multiple roles in the drug trafficking organization; 
   consequently, the court did not err in applying a three-level reduction 
   pursuant to Guidelines Sec. 2D1.1(a)(5).