IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
23-SO- 6 OCT 19 2023
PETERA MOOR
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IN RE: RETROACTIVE APPLICATION )
OF U.S .S.G. AME1 DMENT 821 ) STANDING ORDER
Pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3006A(a)(l) and (c),
and in accordance with the retroactive application of U.S.S.G. Amendment 82 L the Office of the
Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of North Carolina (''Federal Public Defender's
Office'') is appointed to represent any defendant serving a federal sentence (i) whose name appears
on the lists of defendants, potentially qualifying for a reduction of sentence, supplied by the United
States Sentencing Commission, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, United States
Probation Office ("'U .S. Probation Office"), Federal Public Defender' s Office, or Office of the
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina c·u.s. Attorney's Office"); or
(ii) who files a pro se motion for relief seeking a sentencing reduction under the retroactive
application of U.S.S.G. Amendment 821, provided that the defendant was previously determined
to have been entitled to appointment of counsel or was previously represented by the Federal
Public Defender's Office at the district court level through the completion of sentencing, or though
not indigent at the time of trial, judgment, or sentencing, is now indigent, so long as no conflict
exists between that defendant and a current or former client of the Federal Public Defender's
Oftice. The U.S. Probation Office shall assess whether these defendants may quality for a
reduction of sentence, and the Federal Public Defender's Office shall represent those defendants
with respect to any possible motions for reductions of sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. Amendment
821 and 18 U.S.C . § 3582(c)(2). In the event the Federal Public Defender's Office is unable to
represent a defendant, attorneys serving on the Criminal Justice Act panel for the Eastern District
