Opinion ID: 627896
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Findings related to Lester's request for a downward departure.

Text: 7 Lester complains that the district court focused on the wrong facts when it discussed its refusal to depart downward and that the court did not adequately consider the evidence of diminished capacity on which Lester based his request for a departure. 8 The district court's refusal to depart on the ground that Lester suffered diminished capacity at the time he committed his offense was not based on a legal determination that it lacked authority to depart. Therefore, the decision not to depart is unreviewable. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3742(e)(2) (Supp.1992); United States v. Belden, 957 F.2d 671, 676 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 234 (1992); United States v. Garcia-Garcia, 927 F.2d 489, 491 (9th Cir.1991). 9