United States v. Reid

DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.

Defendant Ricky Reid moves for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the Sentencing Commission’s recent amendment to the crack cocaine guidelines. The government agrees that the Commission has lowered defendant’s guideline range and that he is accordingly eligible for a reduction, but asks that I decline to grant one in the exercise of discretion. Under all of the circumstances, I conclude that a reduced sentence would fail to satisfy the purposes of sentencing under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and therefore deny the motion.

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