def METHOD_NAME(path):
  """
  Return normalized path but ignore leading S3A_ROOT prefix if it exists
  """
  if path.lower().startswith(S3A_ROOT):
    if is_root(path):
      normalized = path
    else:
      normalized = '%s%s' % (S3A_ROOT, fs_normpath(path[len(S3A_ROOT):]))
  else:
    normalized = fs_normpath(path)
  return normalized