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U.S. v. DYCE

No. 94-3171.

91 F.3d 1462 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Amrhu A. DYCE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1996.

As Amended March 8, 1996 and July 30, 1996.

Order Denying Suggestion for Rehearing July 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Bestor, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, P. Kevin Carwile, and Barbara J. Valliere, Assistant United States Attorneys, Washington, DC, were on the briefs, argued the cause, for appellant.

A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, with whom Leigh A. Kenny, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Washington, DC, was on the brief, argued the cause, for appellee.

Before BUCKLEY, GINSBURG, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Order Denying Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc July 30, 1996.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The United States questions the district court's authority to reduce appellee Amrhu Dyce's sentence below the level established by the United States Sentencing Guidelines on the basis of her "extraordinary" family responsibilities and "the totality of the circumstances." Because we agree with the Government that...

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