Dillon v. US
| Decision Date | 30 March 2010 |
| Docket Number | No. 09-6338.,09-6338. |
| Citation | 130 S.Ct. 2683,177 L. Ed. 2d 271 |
| Parties | Percy DILLON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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Lisa B. Freeland, Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner.
Leondra R. Kruger, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Lisa B. Freeland, Federal Public Defender, Renee D. Pietropaolo, Assistant Federal, Public Defender, Michael J. Novara, First Assistant Federal Public Defender, Peter R. Moyers, Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner.
Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Leondra R. Kruger, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Deborah Watson, Attorney Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
A federal court generally "may not modify a term of imprisonment once it has been imposed."18 U.S.C.
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