United States v. Rivera-Calderon

OPINION AND ORDER

DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is defendant’s, José A. RiveraCalderón, Motion for Court to Declare the Sentencing Reform Act’s Mandatory Provisions, 18 ' U.S.C. § 8553(b) Unconstitutional and for Further Remedy as a Result Thereof (Docket No. 168). Defendant requests the Court to declare the effect of Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. -, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004) over certain mandatory provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act. Defendant sustains that the Supreme Court’s decision declaring the Washington’s guidelines unconstitutional applies to…