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Staff Report//July 1, 2026//
Defendant appealed the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence for robbery and a firearms offense following a retroactive amendment to the Guidelines lowered his criminal history category.
Where the Guidelines were not the foundation of defendant’s sentence but rather his negotiated plea deal with the government that dismissed multiple other offenses, the district court did not err in denying a sentence reduction.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Seizys (MLW No. 84989/Case No. 24-3339 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, Camp, J., and Buescher, J. (Jennifer L. Gilg, AFPD, Omaha, NE for appellant) (Susan T. Lehr, AUSA, Omaha, NE for appellee)
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