Opinion ID: 150789
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Reliance on Erroneous Information About Fast-Track Districts

Text: Camacho-Arellano next argues that the district court's decision not to impose a below-Guidelines sentence was based on the erroneous belief that fast-track programs did not exist outside of states along the southern border. (In fact, fast-track programs for illegal-reentry defendants also exist in Idaho, Nebraska, Utah, Oregon, and Washington. Dep't of Justice, Feb. 1, 2008 Memo, Reauthorization of Early Disposition Programs, available at www.fd.org/pdf_lib/Fast_Track_Reauthorization08.pdf.) Camacho-Arellano makes this argument despite having represented in his own sentencing memorandum that only border districts currently employ the fast track program, Doc. 27 (Def.'s Sent. Mem. at 3), and having compared himself to defendants in border districts at the sentencing hearing, Doc. 35 (Sent. Tr. at 5). We need not dwell on this issue, however, as any confusion about the prevalence of fast-track programs may be cleared up on remand.