U.S. v. JACKSON

No. 19-20346.

945 F.3d 315 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Odis Lee JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED December 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Carol Akins , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marjorie A. Meyers , Federal Public Defender, Michael Lance Herman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Kathryn Shephard , Federal Public Defender's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


The district court sentenced Odis Lee Jackson to life in prison following his drug conviction in 2003. Since then, Jackson has filed numerous motions seeking a reduced sentence. His latest is under the First Step Act of 2018 ("FSA"), Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404, 132 Stat. 5194, 5222 (2018). The district court denied...

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