Opinion ID: 663133
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Text: 9 Fischl sought a downward departure from the sentencing guideline range under U.S.S.G. Sec. 5H1.4 because he suffers from diabetes. Section 5H1.4 provides, in part, that an extraordinary physical impairment may be a reason to impose a sentence below the applicable guideline range. The district court, with knowledge of its authority to depart, refused to reduce Fischl's sentence below the guideline calculation. We established in United States v. Evidente, 894 F.2d 1000 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 495 U.S. 922, 110 S.Ct. 1956, 109 L.Ed.2d 318 (1990), that we have no authority under the circumstances of this case to review a sentencing court's exercise of its discretion not to make a downward departure. Id. at 1004.