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US Says 56 Year Old Inmate in MCC Must Exhaust Remedies As Judge Castel Urges Practical Solution

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 1 – James Woodson is a 56-year old inmate in the Metropolitan Correctional Center who has been seeking compassionate release under the First Step Act. But the Bureau of Prisons has yet to rule in any way on his requests. Does he have to wait? 

 On April 1 Woodon's Federal Defender Sarah Baumgartel asked U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel to "immediately grant Mr. Woodson's motion to reduce his sentence, and re-sentence him to time served," with eight months of home confinement during a three year term of supervised release.

   Assistant US Attorney Louis Pellegrino countered with a decision by SDNY Judge Denise Cote in US v. Monzon, 99-cr-157, that the claimed statutory exhaustion requirement must be "strictly enforced."

    Judge Castel reserved judgment, indicating he would be preparing a legal ruling but urging AUSA Pellegrino to find a practical solution, in the form of a decision by the Bureau of Prisons. Inner City Press will continue to follow this case. It is US v. Woodson, 18-cr-845 (Castel).

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