United States v. Darrell Branch

Order

Darrell Branch is serving a term of imprisonment for his involvement in the Gangster Disciples, a large scale drug-distribution organization. We affirmed his conviction in 2001, see 246 F.3d 1054 (7th Cir.2001), but remanded for resentencing. Branch did not appeal from the 292-month sentence imposed in 2002 after our remand.

In 2008 Branch asked the judge to reduce his sentence in light of the Sentencing Commission’s decision to reduce, with retroactive effect, the Guideline ranges for crack-cocaine offenses. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The district court concluded, however, that Branch…