EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents us with the issue of whether a sentencing court's departure to a lower criminal history category under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 may render a defendant eligible for the "safety valve" exception under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) and U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2(1) to an otherwise mandatory minimum sentence. We join six other circuits in concluding that it may not.
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On March 3, 1998, defendant-appellant Donald Ted...
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