United States v. Adrian Batts

Adrian Batts walked away from the prison camp at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Forrest City, Arkansas. A federal magistrate judge issued a warrant for his arrest, and the United States Marshals Service apprehended Batts approximately one month after his escape from the camp. Batts pled guilty to one count of escape of a prisoner in custody, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). At sentencing, Batts argued that he was entitled to a four-level reduction to his base offense level under USSG § 2Pl.l(b)(3). The district court 1 denied Batts’s request for a reduction and sentenced…