United States v. Dews

The majority opinion correctly identifies the issue on appeal in this case, that is, whether the district court had jurisdiction to grant the motions by Darrell Dews and Brian Allen (collectively “the Defendants”) under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduction of sentence. The majority also eor-rectly notes that a defendant seeking relief under that statute must satisfy two requirements in order to establish the district court’s authority to consider such a motion. First, the defendant’s sentence must be one that was “based on a sentencing range” and, second, that sentence range “has…