Court Opinion

ID: 9493916
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:23:17.868464+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:56:06.416928
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RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge,
dissenting, joined by McMILLIAN, BEAM, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
*691Judge Fagg’s cogent opinion for the panel, 205 F.3d 1072 (8th Cir.2000), which I joined, fully explains the reasons why the District Court did not exceed its authority in granting Ms. Hasan’s motion for a further downward departure on the ground of extraordinary post-original-sentencing efforts at rehabilitation. I continue to agree with that opinion, and I therefore respectfully dissent.