United States v. Johnson

ORDER

T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

At issue post-sentencing in this crack cocaine conspiracy case is the extent of the reduction in defendant’s custody sentence that is authorized pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and retroactive Amendment 750 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Defendant argues that he is entitled to a reduced custody sentence of 97 months, which results from application of two reductions below the bottom of the amended guidelines range comparable to reductions previously imposed in this case, namely (i) an 8.5 percent reduction comparable to a downward departure…