United States v. Arrelucea-Zamudio

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• holding that jurisdiction to review the denial of a departure arises “if the district court's refusal to depart downward is based on the mistaken belief that it lacks discretion to do otherwise”
• explaining that the third step, not the first or second steps, was the appropriate analytical place for considering policy disagreements in the immigration context
• “The PROTECT Act contains no express congressional [F]ast-[Tjrack directive that would constrain a sentencing judge’s discretion to vary from the GuidelinZ

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