· 12/17/2019
County of Yolo v. American Surety Co.
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that eligibility for relief under First Step Act turns on “defendant’s federal offense of conviction, not his [or her] underlying conduct”
- holding that eligibility for relief under the First Step Act turns on 13 Appellate Case: 21-1159 Document: 010110724324 Date Filed: 08/15/2022 Page: 14 “defendant’s federal offense of conviction, not his [or her] underlying conduct”
- explaining the nearest-reasonable-referent canon “presumes a modifier refers to the nearest reasonable referent”
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