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Compassionate Release

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Mar 30 2026
11th Cir. 4:11-cr-00037-RH-CAS-1 Per Curiam

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSE MISAEL GARFIAS-GARCIA

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion for sentence reduction, ruling that time served and rehabilitation efforts do not constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons. The court granted the government's motion for summary affirmance, noting the appeal was frivolous given the defendant's prior unsuccessful attempts to raise these same claims.

Compassionate Release Criminal Drug Trafficking
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Mar 27 2026
1st Cir. 25-1131 Panel Decision

LUCIA URIZAR-MOTA; SERGIO REYES v. UNITED STATES

The First Circuit affirmed negligence findings and damages for medical expenses and pain but reversed the homemaker loss award and the loss-of-consortium award for family members. The court held that the family members failed to exhaust administrative remedies and that the district court applied an impermissible rigid rule rather than a case-specific inquiry for homemaker damages.

Compassionate Release Criminal
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Mar 26 2026
4th Cir. 25-6761 Per Curiam

United States v. Vines

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a sentence reduction motion filed by Albert Vines. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's determination that the defendant's mitigating arguments were outweighed by statutory sentencing factors.

Compassionate Release Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
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Mar 26 2026
11th Cir. 8:17-cr-00097-WFJ-TGW-3 Per Curiam

United States v. Parrales Bravo

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to reduce a drug trafficking sentence based on a retroactive Sentencing Guidelines amendment. The court held that the district court properly weighed the statutory factors and did not abuse its discretion by emphasizing the seriousness of the offense and the defendant's lack of cooperation.

Compassionate Release Criminal Drug Trafficking Sentencing Guidelines
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Mar 25 2026
9th Cir. 3:22-cr-00426- Published

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID WAYNE DEPAPE

The Ninth Circuit held that a district court may correct its failure to afford a defendant the right to allocute under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 as an 'other clear error' under Rule 35(a). The panel affirmed the defendant's sentence after the district court properly vacated and re-sentenced him within the rule's ten-day window.

Compassionate Release Criminal
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Mar 25 2026
11th Cir. 1:18-cr-20580-RS-1 Per Curiam

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ISRAEL ROJAS

The Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded a district court's denial of a compassionate release motion because the lower court incorrectly ruled that the defendant failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Although the government conceded on appeal that exhaustion was satisfied, the appellate court declined to affirm on the merits since the district court never addressed the substantive arguments regarding the defendant's cancer diagnosis.

Compassionate Release Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
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Mar 24 2026
11th Cir. 1:12-cr-00056-WS-C-1 Per Curiam

United States v. Lorenzo Taylor, Jr.

The Eleventh Circuit dismissed Lorenzo Taylor Jr.'s appeal from a denial of compassionate release because the notice of appeal was filed after the strict 14-day deadline. Although the court initially treated the filing as a motion for an extension of time, the district court's subsequent denial of that motion rendered the appeal procedurally barred.

Compassionate Release Criminal
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Mar 23 2026
11th Cir. 6:97-cr-00001-CEM-DCI-13 Per Curiam

United States v. Wert

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a federal prisoner's motion for compassionate release, finding no abuse of discretion in the sentencing judge's weighing of statutory factors. The court also declined to review challenges to the denial of spoliation motions, ruling that the notice of appeal did not encompass those specific orders.

Compassionate Release Constitutional Habeas Corpus - Federal Prisoner (28 USC 2255)
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