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Parties Involved:
Bruce C. Fox
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

PUBLISH 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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Plaintiff-Appellee, 

vs. No. 90-2048 

BRUCE C. FOX, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

ORDER 

Filed August 29, 1991 

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, EBEL, Circuit Judge, NOTTINGHAM*, 

District Judge. 

*Honorable Edward w. Nottingham, United States District Judge for 

the District of Colorado, sitting by designation. 

Defendant appealed the district court's sentence 

following a guilty plea. By opinion filed April 18, 1991, this 

court affirmed defendant's sentence in part but remanded the cause 

to the district court to clarify the reason for its refusal to 

depart downward from the Guidelines. The court now has for 

consideration the district court's clarification dated August 13, 

1991. 

In view of the district court's statement that it 

exercised discretion in denying a downward department, despite the 

Guideline authority for such departure, this court lacks 

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jurisdiction to review that discretionary decision. See U.S. v. 

Soto, 918 F.2d 882, 883-84 (10th Cir. 1990). 

Therefore, in accordance with 

1991, opinion and this order, the court 

imposed by the district court. 

Entered 

the court's April 18, 

affirms the sentence 

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