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UNITED STATES v. MELENDEZ

No. 20-1575.

16 F.4th 315 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Junito MELENDEZ, a/k/a Junior, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 22, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas D. Smith , with whom David B. Smith and David B. Smith PLLC were on brief, for appellant.

Greg A. Friedholm , Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

Junito Melendez appeals the denial of his motion under the First Step Act to reduce his sentence for a more than decade-old federal drug offense. The wrinkle is that he has already served his sentence for that crime. The District Court denied the motion on that basis, deeming it moot. Melendez now contends on appeal that it...

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