Still more grants, so why not yet another listing of COVID-influenced federal sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A)
In recent posts here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here more linked below, I have highlighted a number of the many, many COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A). I keep receiving positive feedback concerning these prior posts from various quarters, and so I will keep reporting on these kinds of rulings every time I discover a dozen or more.
I have noticed that new ruling from the prior week often appear on Monday and Tuesday, so this list is likely just a partial accounting of recent grants of sentence reductions to show up on Westlaw this morning. Still, I like to do a round up before the latest list of new grants of sentence reductions gets too long, and so here is a list based on rulings since my last posting from just last Wednesday:
United States v. Brooks, No. 07-cr-20047-JES-DGB, 2020 WL 2509107 (CD Ill. May 15, 2020)
United States v. Gonzalez, No. 3:17-cr-00062 (JAM), 2020 WL 2511427 (D Conn. May 15, 2020)
United States v. Lopez, No. 18-CR-2846 MV, 2020 WL 2489746 (D N.M. May 14, 2020)
United States v. Mattingley, No. 6:15-cr-00005, 2020 WL 2499707 (WD Va. May 14, 2020)
United States v. Williams, No. 06 CR 451-10, 2020 WL 2494645 (ND Ill. May 14, 2020)
United States v. Ginsberg, No. 14 CR 462, 2020 WL 2494643 (ND Ill. May 14, 2020)
United States v. Handy, No. 3:10-cr-128-8 (RNC), 2020 WL 2487371 (D Conn. May 14, 2020)
United States v. Arey, No. 5:05-cr-00029, 2020 WL 2464796 (WD Va. May 13, 2020)
United States v. Kubinski, No. 3:93-CR-28-1H, 2020 WL 2475859 (ED N.C May 13, 2020)
United States v. Sedge, No. 16-cr-537(KAM), 2020 WL 2475071 (EDNY May 13, 2020)
United States v. Gutman, No. RDB-19-0069, 2020 WL 2467435 (D Md. May 13, 2020)
United States v. Cassidy, No. 17-CR-116S, 2020 WL 2465078 (WDNY May 13, 2020)
United States v. Scott, No. 95-202-CCB-2, 2020 WL 2467425 (D Md. May 13, 2020)
I have mentioned in a number of prior posts that I am confident that these Westlaw listings likely do not represent all sentence reductions being granted by federal courts these days. Proof of this reality comes via this new Law360 article headlined “Manafort’s Release Helps Spring Ex-NFL Lineman From Prison.” Here is the start of this article reporting on a ruling not (eyt?) on Westlaw:
Citing the compassionate release of former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a federal judge said Friday that a former NFL lineman should be able to serve the rest of his prison sentence for a $2.5 million real estate fraud scheme in home confinement to protect him from COVID-19.
U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf’s bench ruling puts Robert “Bubba” Pena in line to be released from Federal Medical Center, Devens, the central Massachusetts prison. Pena has argued his age, 70, and the fact he is black make him more likely to face serious complications if he contracted the virus. Pena has pointed to research showing that black Americans are dying at a disproportionately high rate from the virus, likely due to underlying economic and health factors.
Prior recent related posts since lockdowns:
- Notable recent (pre-COVID) grants of sentence reductions from coast to coast using 3582(c)(1)(A) … as FAMM urges thousand more filings in response to coronavirus
- Documenting early federal court COVID jurisprudence in response to various release requests from federal defendants and inmates
- A few (too few) recent COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- Pleased to see growing number of COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- A few more COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- Still more COVID-influenced grants of sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A), with waivers of exhaustion/waiting period
- Additional COVID-influenced grants of federal sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- Another round of recent COVID-influenced grants of federal sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- A dozen new grants of federal sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A), including another based on stacking/disparity/trial penalty concerns
- Still more of the ever-growing number of COVID-influenced federal sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- Another robust week for COVID-influenced federal sentence reductions using 3582(c)(1)(A)
- With lots more new grants, time for another timely review of the latest COVID-influenced federal sentence reductions using § 3582(c)(1)(A)
UPDATE: I mentioned above that new rulings from the prior week often seem to appear on Westlaw on Monday. Sure enough, here are a few more grants I noticed as of Monday morning:
United States v. Pomante, No. 19-20316, 2020 WL 2513095 (ED Mich. May 15, 2020)
United States v. Sholler, No. 17-cr-00181-SI-1, 2020 WL 2512416 (ND Cal. May 15, 2020)
United States v. Young, No. 4:16-40036-TSH, 2020 WL 2514673 (D Mass. May 15, 2020)
United States v. Lee, No. 19-cr-00419-SI-1, 2020 WL 2512415 (ND Cal. May 15, 2020)