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U.S. v. Mendoza, No. CR 03-730 DT (C.D.Cal.) (2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1449) (January 12, 2004) (Judge Dickran M. Jr. Tevrizian)

Here the court declared a portion of the Feeney Amendment unconstitutional on the grounds that the provisions of that law requiring a report be given to Congress of downward departures granted by a district judge violate the separation of powers clause.

In a decision that bristles with judicial peak, Judge ...

 

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