United States v. Cobb

ORDER

In November 2000 Walter Cobb, who since 1996 has been serving a 188-month sentence for conspiring to possess cocaine base with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, filed a “Motion to Modify or Remit” the $1500 fíne imposed as part of his sentence. Cobb asserted that the district court had ordered the fine paid in installments of unspecified amounts through the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP), 28 C.F.R. §§ 545.10-11, and thus “delegated” to the Bureau of Prisons the authority to determine the amount of the payments. Cobb asked that the court set a payment…