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U.S. v. Monk

Sentence Is Reduced to Time Served But Reduction Under Amendment 821 Is Denied

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OPINION & ORDER Thelonious Monk, proceeding pro se, has moved for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1), Doc. 606, and for a sentence reduction under Amendment 821 of the Sentencing Guidelines, Doc. 620. The motion for compassionate release is GRANTED. Monk’s term of imprisonment is reduced to time served and his term of supervised release is reduced to three years. The motion for a sentence reduction under Amendment 821 is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND In March 2010, Monk and twenty-four other defendants were indicted for their participation in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine and crack in Orange County, New York. Doc. 2

1-2. The indictment alleged that seven “core members” of the organization supplied narcotics to a network of other members — including Monk — for further distribution. Id.

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