United States v. Leiskunas

How courts have described this case

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• remanding for a rationale when the district court provided no reasoning whatsoever for a loss amount
• noting that focus is on average participant, not leaders
• noting that focus is on average participant, not leaders
• “A district court may consider a defendant’s cooperation with the government as a basis for a reduced sentence, even if the government has not made a [U.S.S.G.] § 5K1.1 or [Federal] Rule [of Criminal Procedure] 35 motion.”
• also distinguishing the facts of Leiskunas

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).