Originally published April 2, 2021. Statements about the law were updated in October 2026; the box below gives today’s rules.

Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.

In April 2021, a federal judge granted compassionate release to Garrett R. Maynor, 57. The court pointed to his many health problems and the fact that he had served almost 80 percent of his sentence.

United States v. Maynor

2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62645

His sentence

Maynor pleaded guilty to one count of Manufacture of a Substance Containing Methamphetamine. On January 10, 2011, he was sentenced to 168 months in prison, followed by six years of supervised release.

He has been in custody since February 21, 2010. According to the Bureau of Prisons website, his projected release date is February 7, 2022.

His health problems

Maynor has high blood pressure (hypertension), which the CDC lists as a chronic condition that can make a person more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19.

He has also had many serious infections in recent years, including MRSA and staph (Staphylococcus), that needed long-term antibiotics, immunosuppressive therapy, and corticosteroids.

He has had three back surgeries since 2016 and was hospitalized for MRSA or staph after each one. One hospital stay lasted about 50 days.

He now has several calcified granulomas (hardened nodules) in his lungs, four to five centimeters across, that make him short of breath. He also has sleep apnea. His medical records show his heart rate in the normal to slightly high range and his condition as stable.

What he asked for

Maynor asked the court for compassionate release. As another option, he asked to serve the rest of his sentence on home confinement as a condition of supervised release, instead of in a dormitory-style halfway house where the risk of catching COVID-19 was likely higher.

Why the judge said yes

The court granted compassionate release because of Maynor’s multiple health conditions and because he had served over 133 months, almost 80 percent of his 168-month sentence.

As a condition of his supervised release, he must spend nine months in home confinement, with the first 14 days in isolation.

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