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U.S. v. TOWNSEND

No. 13-2677.

762 F.3d 641 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis TOWNSEND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2014.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheri H. Mecklenburg , Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adam P. Merrill , Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MANION and SYKES, Circuit Judges, and GRIESBACH, District Judge.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Louis Townsend pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to 71 months in prison. He challenges his sentence on several grounds, but the government questions whether the appeal is timely. Townsend's deadline for filing a notice of appeal was July 22, 2013. On July 17 he filed a motion titled "Defendant Louis Townsend's Motion to Reconsider His Sentence." By statute a motion for sentence modification must be brought under...

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