United States v. Pratheepan Thavaraja

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in determining an appropriate sentence under § 3553(a), “a district court may [, but not must,] take into account the uncertainties presented by the prospect of removal proceedings”
• noting that the “impact deportation will have on the defendant” is not a required sentencing consideration
• considering only substantive reasonableness where “the Government challenges only the substantive reasonableness of Thavaraja’s sentence”

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