Legal Opinion
United States v. Borden
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 22, 2009No. Docket 08-1625-crPublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
Defendant James Borden appeals from a final order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denise Cote, Judge), in which the District Court declined to reduce Borden’s sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). 1 We write for the purpose of stating that abuse of discretion is the appropriate standard of review to apply to a district court’s ruling on a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). In this case, we conclude that the District Court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reduce Borden’s sentence, and accordingly…
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