The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Santiago-Lopez, 988 F.2d 125 (9th Cir. 1993):
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying an evidentiary hearing. See United States v. Mejia, 953 F.2d 461, 465 (9th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 112 S.Ct. 1983 (1992). The departure was not unreasonable, and the standards we set forth in Lira-Barraza were not violated. See United States v. Lira-Barraza, 941 F.2d 745, 746-47 (9th Cir.1991) (en banc).
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