U.S. v. Dimasi, No. Cr. No. 09-10166-MLW (D.Mass.) (220 F.Supp.3d 173) (November 17, 2016) (Judge Mark L. Wolf)
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Compassionate Release.
U.S. v. Dimasi, 215 F.Supp.3d 179 (D.Mass. Oct. 17, 2016) (“DiMasi I”) (Judge Mark Wolf)
U.S. v. Dimasi, 220 F.Supp.3d 173 (D.Mass. Nov. 17, 2016) (“DiMasi II”) (Judge Mark Wolf)
The recent history of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) so-called “compassionate release” program is, and has been from …
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