United States v. Schnepper

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO IMPOSE SENTENCE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES

KAY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The so-called “Feeney Amendment,” Title IV of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (“PROTECT Act”), Pub.L. No. 108-21, 117 Stat. 650 (2003), supplements the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (“Reform Act”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 3551-3742 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 991-998, by imposing further constraints and, as many commentators have noted, burdensome tasks on the Judiciary. But it is not for the Court to question the wisdom of our…