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E-FILED
Friday, 22 August, 2014 03:34:05 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD
INTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT
FORTHECENTRALDISTRICTOFILLINOIS
InRe:PetitionsforReductionofImposed )
SentencesforRetroactiveApplicationof )
Amendment782ReducingDrugQuantity ) No.14ͲMCͲ1051
TableinUSSG§2D1.1 )
ADMINISTRATIVEORDER
OnApril10,2014,theUnitedStatesSentencingCommission(“USSC”)votedtoreducebytwo
levelsthebaseoffenselevelsassociatedwithvariousdrugquantitiesinvolvedintraffickingoffenses
coveredbySentencingGuideline§2D1.1(“Amendment782”).OnJuly18,2014,theUSSCvotedto
amendSentencingGuideline§1B1.10toextendAmendment782’sreductionstodefendantswhoare
servingtermsofimprisonmentfordrugͲrelatedcrimes,butwitharequirementthatthesereduced
sentencescannottakeeffectuntilNovember1,2015.
TheeffectivedateofbothamendmentswillbeNovember1,2014.
Toensuretheefficientadjudicationofrequestsseekingareconsiderationofasentence
pursuanttoAmendment782,thisCourt,enbanc,ordersthefollowing:
1.TheUnitedStatesProbationOfficeshallcontactthoseinmateswhoitdeterminesmaybe
eligibleforasentencereconsiderationpursuanttoAmendment782,informingthemoftheirpotential
eligibilityandprovidingthemwithacopyofthisAdministrativeOrder.
2.TheFederalPublicDefender'sOfficefortheCentralDistrictofIllinois(“FPD”)shallbe
appointedtorepresenteachdefendant(petitioner)whofilesapetitionormotionseekingrelief
pursuanttoAmendment782,bywhatevernomenclaturethelitigantusesinthedocument.Shouldthe
FPDdeterminethataconflictexistswithaparticularpetitioner,itshallfilewiththeCourtamotionto
withdrawascounselforthepetitioner.
3.Uponappointment,theUnitedStatesProbationOfficefortheCentralDistrictofIllinoisand
theClerkofCourtfortheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheCentralDistrictofIllinois(“ClerkofCourt”)
areauthorizedtodisclosecopiesofjudgments,presentenceinvestigationreports,andstatementsof
reasonstotheFPDforthepurposeofdeterminingeligibilityforreliefanddeterminingwhethera
conflictofinterestprecludestheFPDfromrepresentingthepetitioner.
4.RepresentativesfromtheUnitedStatesAttorney'sOffice,theUnitedStatesProbationOffice,
andtheFPDshallconfertoidentifythosepetitionerswhomaybeeligibleforsentencereconsideration.
Inthosecaseswhereanagreementisreachedastoaspecificsentence,thepartiesshallfileapleading
withtheCourtindicatingtheagreementoftheparties.Incasesinwhichthereisnoagreement,defense
counselshallfile,within90daysofappointmentascounsel,whateverpleadingdefensecounseldeems
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appropriate.Thecourtwillthentakeappropriateaction,dependingonthenatureofthepleadingand
theremedysought.
5.AllcasessubjecttothisOrdershallbeassignedtotheinitialsentencingjudge,andifnot
available,byreassignmentthroughtheChiefJudge.
6.TheClerkofCourtisdirectedtosendcopiesofthisOrdertotheFPDandtheUnitedStates
Attorney’sOfficeandpostthisOrdertotheDistrictCourt'swebsite.
7.TheClerkofCourtisfurtherdirectedtoentertheFPDasattorneyofrecordforthepetitioner
(andBradMurphyasattorneyofrecordfortheUnitedStates)ineachcaserelevanttotheissues
discussedinthisOrderandsendacopyofthisOrdertothepetitionerseekingareducedsentence
pursuanttoAmendment782.
8.AllcasesrelevanttotheissuesdiscussedinthisOrdershallbeautomaticallystayeduntil
November1,2014,unlessotherwiseorderedbythisCourt.
ITISSOORDERED.
Signedthis22nddayofAugust,2014
s/JamesE.Shadid
JAMESE.SHADID,ChiefJudge
CentralDistrictofIllinois
