United States v. Chestnut, No. 20-3208 (2d Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Second Circuit dismissed defendant's appeal of the district court's denial of his motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) as moot. While this appeal was pending, defendant completed his federal prison sentence. The court explained that, although defendant is now on supervised release, he has neither requested that the district court reduce his term of supervision nor advanced any arguments to suggest that such a reduction is warranted. The court noted that dismissal will not result in hardship to defendant. If defendant believes that the arguments that he marshaled in favor of compassionate release would also merit a reduction in his term of supervised release, the court concluded that he is free to make such a motion under 18 U.S.C. 3583(e) and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1(c).
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