United States v. Lawyer Lee Walker

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

In this second appeal of a federal sentence arising out of a prisoner’s assault on a prison employee, we must again consider whether a prison cook supervisor is a “corrections officer” for purposes of a three-level “Official Victim” enhancement under United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3A1.2(b). For the defendant, the consequences of such an enhancement are great, and hence (as is always the case) we treat the legal issues raised by this matter with seriousness. That said, we do not denigrate this appeal by observing that the public might well wonder…