Opinion
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, KATHLEEN A. SERVATIUS, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Attorney for Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender, DAVID M. PORTER, Assistant Federal Defender Counsel Designated for Service, Sacramento, California., Attorneys for Defendant ANTONIO RANGEL
STIPULATED MOTION AND [lodged] ORDER TO REDUCE SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) RETROACTIVE DRUGS-MINUS-TWO REDUCTION CASE
LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL, District Judge.
Defendant, ANTONIO RANGEL, by and through his attorney, Assistant Federal Defender David M. Porter, and plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through its counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen A. Servatius, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), this Court may reduce the term of imprisonment in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(o);
2. On April 1, 2011, this Court sentenced Mr. Rangel to 120 months imprisonment;
3. His total offense level was 33, his criminal history category was I, the resulting guideline range was 135 to 151 month, he qualified for safety valve treatment, and received a downward variance;
4. The sentencing range applicable to Mr. Rangel was subsequently lowered by the United States Sentencing Commission in Amendment 782, made retroactive on July 18, 2014, see 79 Fed. Reg. 44, 973;
5. Mr. Rangel's total offense level has been reduced from 33 to 31, and his amended guideline range is 108 to 135 months;
6. Accordingly, the parties request the Court enter the order lodged herewith reducing Mr. Rangel's term of imprisonment to a total term of 108 months.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the stipulated motion of the defendant for reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).
The parties agree, and the Court finds, that Mr. Rangel is entitled to the benefit Amendment 782, which reduces the total offense level from 33 to 31, resulting in an amended guideline range of 108 to 135 months.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the term of imprisonment imposed in April 2011 is reduced to a term of 108 months.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other terms and provisions of the original judgment remain in effect. The clerk shall forthwith prepare an amended judgment reflecting the above reduction in sentence, and shall serve certified copies of the amended judgment on the United States Bureau of Prisons and the United States Probation Office.
Unless otherwise ordered, Mr. Rangel shall report to the United States Probation Office within seventy-two hours after his release.
IT IS SO ORDERED.