U.S. v. Sanders

Dist. Ct. did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for compassionate release under 18 USC section 3582(c)(1)(A), even though defendant argued that said reliance was warranted given her underlying medical conditions and outbreaks of COVID-19 and legionnaires' disease at defendant's prison. Record showed that defendant received 10-year sentence in 2018 on charges of conspiracy to manufacture and attempted manufacture of methamphetamine, and Dist. Ct. could properly find that section 3553(a) factors weighed against defendant's release, where: (1) defendant's criminal conduct of running methamphetamine lab out of her kitchen placed welfare of community at risk; and (2) defendant's request for home confinement generated concern that defendant would resume her methamphetamine lab activities. Ct. rejected defendant's argument that Dist. Ct. failed to adequately consider her underlying medical conditions or her good conduct while at prison.