UNITED STATES v. SANFORD

No. 20-2445.

986 F.3d 779 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory SANFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Hollingshead-Cook , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Gregory Sanford, Pro Se.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Rovner and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Gregory Sanford is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for a 2014 cocaine-trafficking conviction. He moved for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), citing the COVID-19 pandemic. He did not, however, exhaust administrative remedies within the Bureau of Prisons before filing his motion. The government...

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