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U.S. v. RESSAM

No. 09-30000.

679 F.3d 1069 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ahmed RESSAM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 12, 2012.

Amended May 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen J. Brunner (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Mark N. Bennett, First Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas W. Hillier, II, Federal Public Defender, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.

Opinion by Judge CLIFTON; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT; Dissent by Judge SCHROEDER.

OPINION

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the sentence imposed by the district court upon Ahmed Ressam, the so-called "Millennium Bomber," as substantively unreasonable. We review a challenge of that nature under what the Supreme Court has described as "the familiar abuse-of-discretion standard of review." Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 46, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).

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