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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
IN RE: )
) PETITIONS FOR RETROACTIVE
BUSINESS OF THE COURT ) APPLICATION OF NOVEMBER 1,
) 2023 SENTENCING GUIDELINES
) AMENDMENT 821
Administrative Order No. 1
Pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, Title 18 U.S.C. § 3006(a)(1) and (c), the
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Missouri is hereby appointed to
represent any defendant previously or currently determined to be entitled to appointment of counsel and
who has been included on the list provided by the United States Sentencing Commission of those
persons estimated to be eligible for sentence reduction under Part A of Amendment 821, to determine
whether or not that defendant may qualify to seek reduction of sentence and to present any motions or
applications for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) in accordance with 2023 Sentencing
Guideline Amendment 821. Should the Office of the Federal Public Defender determine that there is a
conflict with regard to the representation of a particular defendant, the Clerk of the Court is authorized
to appoint a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel of this Court.
The Court orders that all motions and pleadings seeking a sentence reduction or in opposition to
such a reduction will be filed in the original criminal proceeding. If the sentencing Judge in the original
proceeding is no longer a member of the Bench of this District, the case shall be reassigned.
The Court further orders that the Federal Public Defender shall promptly enter its appearance on
behalf of such defendants or identify those defendants for whom they have a conflict, in which case
CJA counsel will be appointed. In any event, defendants nonetheless have the right to retain counsel at
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their own expense. A schedule for motions, reports, and briefs regarding any request for a reduced
sentence will be entered by separate Order.
So Ordered this 11th day of October 2023.
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STEPHEN R. CLARK
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
