Joshua Basin Partnership v. United States Department of the Interior

How later courts describe this case

• holding that “the district court acted well within its discretion in concluding that appellant’s continued use of cocaine cast doubt on the sincerity of his avowed acceptance of responsibility” for the underlying postal theft offense
• holding “the district court acted well within its discretion in concluding that appellant’s continuing use of cocaine cast doubt on the sincerity of his avowed acceptance of responsibility” for the underlying postal theft offense
• holding McNally not to be retroactive in habeas corpus proceeding; reversed on appeal
• materiality is defined as “having any tendency to influence” an investigation
• nineteen thefts over a two month period