United States Ninth Circuit

In a drug smuggling case, government withholding of information regarding Customs Service incentive policy for its agents does not justify a downward departure for government misconduct because it did not lessen the severity of defendant's conduct.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2001
• Decided 08/02/2001
• Published 08/02/2001

Judges

• WALLACE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, CHIEF JUDGE, WALLACE, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick D. Robbins, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gail Shifman, Esq., San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.