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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 22-1981.

62 F.4th 391 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard WILLIAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 13, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Weir , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Leonard Williams, Greenville, IL, Pro Se.

Before Easterbrook, Brennan, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

Leonard Williams is among the many federal prisoners who believe that a legal error in a sentence creates an "extraordinary and compelling" reason for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1). We rejected that position in United States v. Thacker, 4 F.4th 569 (7th Cir. 2021), and have applied

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