United States v. Ruff

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Defendant Gregory Kirt Ruff pleaded guilty to one count of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2115, for breaking into a United States Post Office in Ramer, Alabama, with the intent to commit larceny, specifically the theft of three United States Postal money orders. Ruff is now before the court for sentencing; he has moved for a two-level downward departure pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 3553(b), which permits district courts to depart downward to address circumstances “of a kind, or to a degree, not adequately taken into consideration by the Sentencing Commission,” and…