The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has issued a general order concerning Amendment 821 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. The U.S. Sentencing Commission made certain provisions of the Amendment retroactive, permitting eligible defendants to receive sentence reductions. The Court’s order establishes the 821 Screening Committee that will review the cases of defendants identified as potentially eligible for a sentence reduction by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the U.S. Probation Office, the Federal Public Defender’s Office, or the U.S. Attorney’s Office, as well as the cases of other defendants who file motions seeking Amendment 821 sentence reductions and cases referred for screening by the Court’s judges.

For additional details, please see the Court’s General Order.