Resentencing under the First Step Act

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//May 8, 2023//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. William Curtis

Case No.: 21-2615

Officials: Sykes, Chief Judge, and Wood and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Resentencing under the First Step Act

William Curtis is serving several consecutive sentences for his connection to a drug conspiracy involving crack cocaine. The present case arose when he moved for resentencing under the First Step Act, which permits retroactive sentencing relief for certain drug offenders. The district court found that Curtis was eligible for resentencing on some of his drug offenses and reduced the associated terms of imprisonment. But the court refused to consider resentencing with respect to several firearms offenses, because it concluded that those offenses were not covered by the Act, were not grouped with Curtis’s eligible drug offenses at the original sentencing hearing, and therefore were not eligible for resentencing.

Affirmed.

Decided 05/01/23

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