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In US vs. Holloway, an important determination eligibility under First Step Act's Retroactive Application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2018.

In US v. Huntley, the District of Columbia granted 3582 Compassionate Release relief to a COVID-19 Positive Inmate.

Gravatt allows a person’s claim to go forward when their conspiracy includes a “covered offense” under the Fair Sentencing Act as well as an offense that was not covered by the FIRST STEP Act.

United States vs. Kelly is important because he had no CDC risk factors and was seeking to bypass his administrative remedies.

In United States vs. Eason, the Eleventh Circuit Determined that Hobbs Act Robbery was not a sufficient Career Offender Predicate. Read more.

On April 22, 2020, the Acting Assistant Director of the Correctional Programs Division and the Assistant Director of the Reentry Services Division for the BOP released a memorandum in regard to placing inmates on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This memorandum introduced some new guidelines to the previously existing order.

These two 3582 cases present examples of effective use of home confinement and utilization of administrative exhaustion with the BOP

The Federal Defenders website has several examples of cases where an inmate was able to show what was necessary to receive a reduction in sentence under 18 USC 3582(c)(1)(A).

The Barr memorandum is a follow-up to the March Memorandum regarding the implementation of the CARES Act as it relates home confinement.

Garza vs. Idaho is an important Supreme Court case from 2019 that dealt with an attorney’s duties to inform the client of the right to appeal a criminal conviction.  This decision had not previously been listed on our blog so we are doing it now.   Garza signed two plea agreements in the State of Idaho.  […]