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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 13, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Paul L. Nelson, FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Alexis M. Sanford, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): McKEAGUE, KETHLEDGE, and READLER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Inspired by the Sentencing Commission’s retroactive amendment of a relevant guidelines provision, Kevin Obi asked the district court to reduce his sentence. The district court did so, but in an admittedly modest fashion: it reduced Obi’s 300-month sentence to 293 months. Obi challenges that outcome as procedurally and substantively unreasonable. We affirm.

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