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223161P.pdf 07/14/2023 United States v. Cesar Cortez
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-3161
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Arnold and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court may vary from the
Guidelines based on a policy disagreement, and the court did not err in
varying upwards based on its disagreement with the Guidelines' treatment
of fentanyl; the sentence imposed was not substantively unreasonable.