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Staff Report//May 13, 2026//
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion for a sentence reduction. Although the district court found defendant eligible for a reduction due to an amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines, it declined to reduce his sentence, citing defendant’s extensive criminal and prison disciplinary history.
Where the district court appropriately weighed the circumstances of defendant’s case, there was no abuse of sentencing discretion to deny a sentence reduction.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Warrior (MLW No. 84730/Case No. 24-3055 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, Schreier, J.
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