United States v. Washington

OPINION

STANLEY S. HARRIS, District Judge.

Before the Court is petitioner’s motion for reduction or modification of his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c), based upon a recent amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Upon consideration of the entire record and the relevant authorities, the Court finds U.S.S.G. Amendment 506 to be inconsistent with the Congressional mandate of 28 U.S.C. § 994(h), and therefore invalid as a matter of law. Accordingly, petitioner’s motion to modify his sentence is denied.

Background

In 1990 a jury found petitioner and his co-defendant, Carl Gedde,…