United States v. Burnham
District Court, D. Maine
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WOODCOCK, District Judge.
On August 9, 2004, Jason Burnham filed two pro se motions: 1) a Motion to Reduce Sentence; and, 2) a Motion for Psychiatric Examination. In both motions, Mr. Burn-ham seeks to challenge the Court’s sentence. First, he contends the Court’s forty-one-month sentence was illegal, because it exceeded the applicable period of incarceration under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Second, he requests a psychiatric examination “in hopes of ... supporting his motion for a downward departure due to mental health” pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K2.13. Because Mr. Burn-ham’s…
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