OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
I.
The issue on appeal is whether the "safety valve" provision in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) applies to 21 U.S.C. § 860, the "schoolyard" statute, so that a court may impose a sentence shorter than the statutory minimum provided in § 860.
II.
Between March and July 1994, John McQuilkin sold quantities of methamphetamine to an informant cooperating with the Drug Enforcement Agency...
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