United States v. Dimasi

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, D.J.

On November 17, 2016, the court allowed the Director of the Bureau of Prisons’ (the “BOP”) motion to reduce defendant Salvatore DiMasi’s eight-year sentence to the almost five years DiMasi had served (the “Motion”) See United States v. DiMasi, 220 F.Supp.3d 173, 2016 WL 6818346 (D. Mass. Nov. 17, 2016). The Motion was filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c) (1) (A) (i), which gives the court the authority to reduce a sentence if the Director requests it and the court finds that “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction.”

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