Opinion
CASE NO. CR F 96-5272 LJO
10-28-2011
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RONALD CASTANON, Defendants.
ORDER TO RESPOND TO MOTION TO REDUCE SENTENCE (Docs. 91, 92.)
Defendant Ronald Castanon ("defendant") filed October 24, 2011 papers to seek to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on what defendant characterizes as the "Newly Enacted 18:1 Crack to Powder Ratio." This Court construes defendant's papers to seek relief under and/or retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act ("FSA"), Pub. L. No. 111-220, and emergency, temporary amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. As such, this Court:
1. ORDERS the United States, no later than November 23, 2011, to respond to defendant's papers to seek a sentence reduction and to indicate whether the United States will stipulate to a sentence reduction and if so, its proposed sentence reduction; and
2. DIRECTS the clerk to serve this order on Assistant U.S. Attorney Dawrence Rice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Lawrence J. O'Neill
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE