ORDER MODIFYING OPINION
With permission of the panel, Judge Bright's dissent is modified to read as follows:
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, dissenting.
I dissent.
This case provides a disturbing glimpse into the underbelly of prosecuting non-violent, first time drug offenders under mandatory minimum sentences. The district court sentenced Donna Romero, a first time offender and the mother of three young children, to a five-year mandatory minimum...
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