U.S. v. FORMAN

Nos. 08-2177, 08-2192, 08-2248, 08-2629, 08-3063.

553 F.3d 585 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory FORMAN, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin Childress, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Troy Fuller, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Gaines, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marco D. McKnight, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cox (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gregory Forman, Memphis, TN, pro se.

Troy Fuller, Lisbon, OH, pro se.

Joshua P. Kolar (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marvin Childress, Terre Haute, In, pro se.

Morris Pasqual (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert Gaines, Marion, IL, pro se.

Joseph H. Hartzler (submitted), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marco D. McKnight, Oxford, WI, pro se.

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Late last year the Sentencing Commission reduced the base-offense levels for crack-cocaine offenses and made the changes retroactive. See U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c); U.S.S.G., Supp. to App. C 226-31 (2008) (Amendment 706). Since then scores of convicted crack offenders have returned to the district courts to request sentence reductions under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). But not everyone is eligible; we have consolidated for decision five appeals,...

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