Does a district judge indicate that even if he had the authority to depart, there were no facts to justify departing downward?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Menjares-Carranza, 73 F.3d 371 (9th Cir. 1995):

Where a district judge indicates that "even if he had the authority to depart, there were no facts to justify departing downward," such a finding constitutes a discretionary refusal to depart, and this court is without jurisdiction to review it. United States v. Williams, 898 F.2d 1400, 1403 (9th Cir.1990). In this case, the district court recognized its discretion to depart when it stated at the sentencing hearing: "I have considered your grounds for a downward departure. Each of them is rejected singularly and in totality. And let me also make the finding that if any of these are justified bases for a downward departure, and I don't think they are either singularly or in totality, I would not exercise my discretion under these facts to downward depart." Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to review the district court's decision not to depart downward. Id.

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