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U.S. v. JONES

No. 20-3701.

980 F.3d 1098 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Matthew Ahn , FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant. Alissa M. Sterling , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellee.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which STRANCH, J., joined. COOK (pp. 1116-17), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

The "compassionate release" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3582 allows district courts to reduce the sentences of incarcerated persons in "extraordinary and compelling" circumstances. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). For over three decades, § 3582(c)(1)(A) allowed only the Bureau of Prisons...

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