United States v. Bethea

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge

Before the Court is defendant Saquon Bethea’s motion [227], seeking a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and based upon the retroactive application of Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. After considering the motion, the government’s response [241], the federal public defender’s filing [243], the en tire record herein, and the applicable law, the Court finds Bethea’s original sentence was not based on a subsequently-lowered Sentencing Guidelines range and that he is therefore ineligible for a…