Opinion
3:99-cr-00064-HDM
04-25-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. DALE WARD, Defendant.
ORDER
To facilitate the court's decision on whether to grant relief to the defendant on his motion for compassionate release (ECF No. 407), which would reduce his penalty to a term less than life imprisonment, the court requests that the Probation Department provide the court with the following: (1) a recommendation as to an appropriate sentence, applying the current guidelines and statutory law, pursuant to United States v. Chen, 48 F.4th 1092, 1098 (9th Cir. 2022) (“[D]istrict courts may consider non-retroactive changes in sentencing law, in combination with other factors particular to the individual defendant, when analyzing extraordinary and compelling reasons for purposes of § 3582(c)(1)(A).”); and (2) a recommendation on the length and conditions of supervised release. The department shall provide its recommendations to the court and to the parties no later than May 9, 2023.
A telephonic hearing, with counsel, on the defendant's motion is set for Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 10 a.m.
Participants shall call AT&T no later than five minutes prior t the hearing at 1 (877) 336-1839 and provide Access Code 324656 with Security Code 0524.
IT IS SO ORDERED.