CHAVEZ-MEZA v. U.S.

No. 17-5639.

138 S.Ct. 1959 (2018)

585 U.S. 109

Adaucto CHAVEZ-MEZA, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd A. Coberly , Santa Fe, NM, appointed by this Court, for Petitioner.

Rod J. Rosenstein , Baltimore, MD, for Respondent.

Jeffrey T. Green , Derek A. Webb , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Northwestern Supreme Court Practicum, Steven J. Horowitz , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Todd A. Coberly , A. Nathaniel Chakeres , Coberly & Martinez, LLLP, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, John P. Cronan , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. Feigin , Morgan L. Goodspeed , Assistants to the Solicitor General, Alexander P. Robbins , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.


This case concerns a criminal drug offender originally sentenced in accordance with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Subsequently, the Sentencing Commission lowered the applicable Guidelines sentencing range; the offender asked for a sentence reduction in light of the lowered range; and the District...

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