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Parties Involved:
Kent Lamarr Booze
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined

that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent

except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.

R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 17, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-10940

Summary Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

KENT LAMARR BOOZE,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:03-CR-121-ALL-A 

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Before JOLLY, WIENER, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Kent Lamarr Booze pleaded guilty to a one-count information

that charged him with aiding and abetting the false

representation of a Social Security number. Based on Booze’s

cooperation, the Government filed a motion for downward departure

pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1. The district court denied that

motion. 

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Booze appeals the district court’s refusal to grant the

Government’s § 5K1.1 motion for downward departure. We lack

jurisdiction over the denial of a downward departure unless

the district court mistakenly believed it lacked the authority

to depart. United States v. Yanez-Huerta, 207 F.3d 746, 748

(5th Cir. 2000). The court in this case properly understood the

scope of its authority but declined to exercise its discretion to

depart. We therefore lack jurisdiction to review its decision. 

The Government’s motion seeking leave to forego filing a brief in

this case and its motion for dismissal of this appeal are

GRANTED. See United States v. Landerman, 167 F.3d 895, 899-900

(5th Cir. 1999). 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

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