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· 2/11/2015

United States v. Kevyn Taylor

Citations

  • 778 F.3d 667
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 2195
  • 2015 WL 554452

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a defendant could not seek relief on direct appeal “based on retroactive Amendment 782”
  • concluding that \district courts in § 3582(c)(2) proceedings cannot make findings inconsistent with that of the original sentencing court\
  • holding that a district court had jurisdiction—meaning the power to adjudicate—a motion for a reduced term of imprisonment even though it was without the authority to grant the motion because the defendant did not satisfy the statutory criteria for relief
  • holding that a district court had jurisdiction—meaning the power to adjudicate—a motion for a reduced term of imprisonment even though it was without the authority to grant the motion because the defendant did not satisfy the statutory criteria for relief
  • declining § 3852(c) relief based on an amendment that did not have the effect of lowering the defendant's applicable guideline range
  • noting Graham’s view that defendant’s ineligibility for reduced sentence implicates jurisdiction, but concluding that “§ 3582(c)(2

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Judges: Williams, Sykes, Hamilton

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