United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to modify her sentence is affirmed where the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to revisit defendant's sentence because it was based on a statutory minimum sentence, not a range the Sentencing Commission has subsequently lowered.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2008
• Published 12/19/2008

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Linda L. Mullen, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Karl W. Bryning, Attorney (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.