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The defendant, Osaren Ekhator, appealed her 51-month prison sentence for importing heroin into the United States. Ekhator argued that the district court erroneously believed it lacked authority to grant a downward departure based on her extraordinary family circumstances as a widowed mother of five children, three with serious health issues. The appellate court summarized that a district court has authority to depart downward for extraordinary family circumstances. However, the district court
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