United States of America, Plaintiff/appellant/cross-Appellee v. Melody Rochelle Singleton, Defendant/appellee/cross-Appellant

82 F.3d 424 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Melody Rochelle SINGLETON, Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 95-30154, 95-30175. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1996. Decided April 9, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The United States appeals the sentence reduction granted by the district court to Melody Rochelle Singleton. The court found that the government denied Singleton a § 5K1.1 downward departure, despite her substantial assistance, because she was black. We have jurisdiction, 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (b), and we vacate and remand for resentencing. 3 * On November 7, 1991, the Tacoma police searched the home of Singleton and her boyfriend, Anthony Don Rhodes, and found more than a kilogram of cocaine. Singleton was subsequently interrogated by a Tacoma police officer, two DEA…