United States v. Mary Ann Rounsavall

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Mary Ann Rounsavall appeals her twenty-year sentence for drug and money laundering. She contends that the government acted irrationally and/or in bad faith in refusing to file a motion pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) to reduce her sentence below the statutory twenty-year mandatory minimum. We conclude that Rounsavall has made a sufficient threshold showing on two separate grounds to require that this matter be remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing to determine if, in fact, the government acted irrationally and/or in bad faith.

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On November 9, 1995,…