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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 18:28:03+00:00

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James S. Alexander and Karen B. Schommer, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, for plaintiff.
Kanan T. Mustafa, Reg. No. 20751-041, pro se defendant.
Kanan Mustafa was sentenced to consecutive sentences for two conspiracy-related counts: (1) 30 months for conspiracy to engage in interstate transportation of goods under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1029(a)(2), and 2314, and (2) 100 months for conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 286. Mustafa has filed three post-sentencing motions. First, he asks the Court to compel the United States to file a downward departure motion under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1. Second, Mustafa requests the Court to subpoena the Minneapolis Police Department to obtain evidence in support of his first motion. Third, Mustafa moves for a correction of a judicial oversight under Rule 36 for improperly imposing consecutive sentences. The Court will deny these motions because the United States already moved for a departure under § 5K1.1, the subpoenas would be unreasonable, and the Court properly imposed consecutive sentences.
Under U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1, a court may issue a downward departure from the sentencing guidelines “[u]pon motion of the government stating that the defendant has provided substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of another person who has committed an offense.” The Court determines the appropriate reduction. U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1(a).
Mustafa mistakenly states that the original guidelines range was 108-135 months. (Def.'s Reply at 2.) A guidelines range of 108-135 months would have applied if Mustafa had a total offense level of 31 instead of 35. It is possible that Mustafa thought that the Court would not apply the four-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(a) for being an organizer or leader. (Plea Agreement at 7-8; see PSR ¶ 137.) However, the Court did apply this enhancement. Because the Court applied the four-level enhancement, Mustafa's total offense level was 35, not 31; and the guidelines range was therefore 168-180 months instead of 108-135 months. Because the United States moved for a downward departure for substantial assistance at sentencing and the Court applied the departure in sentencing Mustafa, the Court will deny Mustafa's request to compel the United States to file a § 5K1.1 motion.

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