UNITED STATES v. RUSSELL

No. 19-12717.

994 F.3d 1230 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oral Roger RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Colan , Lisa A. Hirsch , Stephen Schlessinger , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew L. Adler , Federal Public Defender's Office, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Michael Caruso , M. Caroline McCrae , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, WEST PALM BEACH, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JORDAN, JILL PRYOR and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.


Oral Russell, a federal prisoner, sent the district court a short letter asking the court to appoint counsel to assist him in filing a motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act of 2018. The district court construed Russell's pro se letter as a motion for a sentence reduction and, without giving Russell...

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