context: Determining whether Rodriguez-Correa was eligible for the program, and thus would have received a reduction in his sentence through a plea bargain or a government's motion for downward departure, is a matter of prosecutorial discretion.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 160 F.3d 1309, 1316
citation_a.parenthetical: stating that "[determining whether a motion for reduction of sentence will be filed is reserved to the government."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Pickering, 178 F.3d 1168, 1174 (11th Cir.1999) (stating that “entering into plea bargains is within the United States Attorney’s prosecutorial discretion”) (citation omitted), overruled on other grounds as stated in United States v. Orrega, 363 F.3d 1093, 1098 n. 8 (11th Cir.2004); see also, United States v. Rankin, 572 F.2d 503, 505 (5th Cir.1978) (stating that “there is no constitutional right to plea bargain.”) (citing Weatherford v. Bursey, 429 U.S. 545, 561, 97 S.Ct. 837, 846, 51 L.Ed.2d 30 (1977)); see also United States v. Orozco, 160 F.3d 1309, 1316 (11th Cir.1998) (stating that “[determining whether a motion for reduction of sentence will be filed is reserved to the government.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that "entering into plea bargains is within the United States Attorney's prosecutorial discretion"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Pickering, 178 F.3d 1168, 1174 (11th Cir.1999) (stating that “entering into plea bargains is within the United States Attorney’s prosecutorial discretion”) (citation omitted), overruled on other grounds as stated in United States v. Orrega, 363 F.3d 1093, 1098 n. 8 (11th Cir.2004); see also, United States v. Rankin, 572 F.2d 503, 505 (5th Cir.1978) (stating that “there is no constitutional right to plea bargain.”) (citing Weatherford v. Bursey, 429 U.S. 545, 561, 97 S.Ct. 837, 846, 51 L.Ed.2d 30 (1977)); see also United States v. Orozco, 160 F.3d 1309, 1316 (11th Cir.1998) (stating that “[determining whether a motion for reduction of sentence will be filed is reserved to the government.”).