Legal Opinion

United States v. Kirby

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided June 14, 2013No. Case No. 1:08-CR-197-VEH-TMPPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR REDUCTION OF SENTENCE

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS, District Judge.

On June 10, 2013, a motion was filed by the Defendant, Maurice Louis Kirby (“Mr. Kirby”),- who is pro se, requesting that the court reduce his sentence “as a result of movant’s post rehabilitation [sic] conduct.” (Doc. 546 at 2.) Although the defendant titles his motion a “Motion for Reconsideration: Fair Sentencing Act” and references 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), the Motion is not, in fact, a Motion for Reconsideration. Rather, it is a motion for sentence reduction based on Defendant’s postsentencing…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pepper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  2. Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. United States v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. Hector Ramon Diaz-ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  5. United States v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000

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