Recent Cases

Can Good Conduct Equal Early Release from Federal Prison? United States v. Tinker, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59628 Good Conduct Early Release. Those are words only heard together in the movies… until now. Take the case of Alan Tinker: Alan Charles Tinker has been in custody for his concurrent state and federal sentences for 122 […]

March 30, 2021 United States v. Scully, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59641 Eric Leighton Scully, who was serving a 78-month sentence with a projected release date of December 31, 2023, was granted compassionate release by the court. Scully had been serving his prison term in FCI Lompoc, which at one point had the highest rate

March 30, 2021 V. Crim. Luis Nieves Feliciano, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59314 Good news for Luis Nieves-Feliciano, who filed a motion for a reduction in his sentence, requesting that he be able to serve the remainder of his 46-months on home confinement in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, his medical conditions, and the inadequate

March 30, 2021 – An example of HIV related compassionate release On March 30, 1993, after a jury convicted Walter Williams of four drug distribution related offenses, he was sentenced to a total of 600 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release. His release date was to be April of 2037. Williams, who is

Does diabetes warrant compassionate release? Diabetes alone may not seem like it warrants compassionate release from prison, but you’d be surprised. Below we examine a recent case that was granted for a man who argued his diabetic condition required him to be released early from prison. On November 15, 2011, Mr. James Scampitilla was sentenced

Can Sex Offenders Get Compassionate Release? Sex Offenders and Compassionate Release You never hear of sex offenders getting compassionate release and there is a reason for that, but it might not be what you think. The reality is that sex offenders can get compassionate release. It actually happens all the time. You just don’t hear

United States v. Hodge, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58090 On November 27, 2017, Richard Hodge, Jr. was arrested in connection with charges related to conspiracy to distribute between 200 and 350 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 98 months incarceration followed by a four-year term of supervised release and

In United States vs. Donald Cupp, compassionate release was granted yesterday. The court considered the medical condition of the defendant, his age, his family circumstances, and whether there existed in the defendant’s case an extraordinary or compelling reason for his release. Cupp was dealing meth and got caught during a traffic stop on January 5th,

Mike Mikha Nagara was granted immediate compassionate release today upon a motion from the Bureau of Prisons. He suffers from a terminal disease and is projected to live for less than 18 months. Mr. Nagara will serve 3 years on supervised release. Niagara granted by Judge after request by BOP

On August 21, 2009 Federal Judge Denny Chin sentenced Benjamin Resto to 188 months in Federal Prison for distribution of cocaine. Yesterday, he released him after having completed 150 months  on compassionate release grounds. The Judge was impressed by Mr. Resto’s rehabilitation efforts which included completing the nine month RDAP (Residential Drug and Alcohol Awareness