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U.S. v. Carter, No. 96-3860 (7th Cir.) (122 F.3d 469) (August 27, 1997) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy)

Here the court rejected a claim that because the defendant's employment was "strikingly meritorious" he was entitled to a downward departure. See also U.S. v. Stefonek, 179 F.3d 1030, 1038 (7th Cir. 1999), where the Court cautioned that the Guidelines do not permit district courts to grant "middle class sentencing ...

 

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