United States v. Kafayat Abimbola-Amoo

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Kafayat Abimbola-Amoo pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment. At sentencing she argued for a downward departure premised on her belief that after completing her sentence she will be deported to Nigeria and imprisoned again for the same conduct. The district judge refused to depart on this *938basis, and Amoo appeals. We dismiss the appeal.

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Amoo entered the United States in August 2003 from her native Nigeria with 80 pellets of heroin in her stomach. According to her account, she was a first-time drug…