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U.S. v. RUIZ-VILLANUEVA

Crim. Nos. 87-1296-E, 87-1337-E, 87-1345-E and 87-1350-E.

680 F.Supp. 1411 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Fernando RUIZ-VILLANUEVA, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Richard Arnold LINARES, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Charles SANTEE, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jane CASAREZ, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

As Amended March 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Nunez, U.S. Atty., Roger W. Haines, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.Cal., San Diego, Cal., Douglas Letter, Thomas Millet, Civ. Div., John F. DePue, Karen Scrivseth, Crim. Appeals Div., Dept. of Justice, Paul M. Bator, Andrew L. Frey, Kenneth S. Geller, Stephen G. Gilles, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Judy Clarke, Larry N. Ainbinder, Ezekiel E. Cortez, Steven Meinrath, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Robert Carriedo, San Diego, Cal., Alan Morrison, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

John R. Steer, Gen. Counsel, U.S. Sentencing Comm., Washington, D.C., Steer, Meyer & Brown, appeared through an amicus brief, for the Commission itself.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ENRIGHT, District Judge.

Defendants in the above-captioned cases move the court for an order declaring unconstitutional the sentencing guidelines (hereinafter "Guidelines") recently promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission ("Commission"). Upon due consideration of the memoranda and arguments of all parties, the court finds that defendants' arguments are not meritorious; accordingly, their motions must be denied.

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