U.S. v. TORRES-RIVERA

No. 15-2024.

874 F.3d 40 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Javier TORRES-RIVERA, a/k/a Javo, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Jay Black , Springfield, MA, for appellant.

Mainon A. Schwartz , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


Defendant Javier Torres-Rivera ("Torres") appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). It appears from the record that the defendant's conduct in prison was materially less problematic than the district court may have been led to believe. We therefore...

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