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U.S. v. MEJIA

No. 02-1190.

309 F.3d 67 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Eduardo MEJIA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy G. Watkins for appellant.

Cynthia A. Young, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

During his sentencing hearing for illegally reentering the United States after deportation, defendant Juan Eduardo Mejia argued that he should receive a downward departure from the sentence prescribed in the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines (the Sentencing Guidelines) because his motivation for returning, namely, to care for his daughter, took him out of the "heartland" of illegal reentry defendants.1

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