U.S. v. Jackson, No. 08-30231 (9th Cir.) (577 F.3d 1032) (August 14, 2009) (Judge A. Wallace Tashima)
Ordinarily, a district court may not modify a sentence once it has been imposed. (See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)). However, an exception exists "in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the ...
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