The following excerpt is from USA. v. Lincoln, 277 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2002):
A district court's construction or interpretation of a statute is reviewed de novo. See United States v. Kaluna, 192 F.3d 1188, 1192 (9th Cir. 1999)(en banc)(three-strikes law).
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