U.S. v. MARION

No. 09-2525.

590 F.3d 475 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kelvin L. MARION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua J. Minkler, Matthias D. Onderak (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James C. McKinley (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The district court denied Kelvin Marion's motion to reduce his sentence under § 3582(c)(2) on a form order with a single sentence of explanation: "As directed by 18 U.S.C. § 3581(c)(2)1 the Court has considered the relevant factors in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b) and 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and determined a sentence reduction is not appropriate." Because we find the district court's written analysis a bit...

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