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UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT jsjjty.

FORTHESOUTHERNDISTRICTOFFLORID jkntMom/kL1.111ll

UNITED STATES0FAMERICA, )

Plaintiff, )

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) DocketNo:113C 1:22CR20341

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ALEM NDERJUAN, )

Defendant. )

D EFEN DANT'S R EPLY TO TH E G OW RN M ENT'S

O PPOSITION TO DEFENDAN T'S M OTION FO R

SENTENCE REDUCTION PURSUANT TO 18U.S.C j3582(0(2)

AlexanderJuanCJuan''),actingprose',herebysubmitsareplytothe

Government'sOpposition toDefendant'sM otionforSdtnecneReduction Pursuantto

18U.S.C.j3582(c)(2):

ThegovernmentobjectstoJuan'smotionbasedon acreative

interpretation oftheSentencingCom mission'snewlyenacted guidelines.

2. M orespeciscally,thènewly enacted guidelinespreclude areduction in an

instancesinwhich(t(10)thedefendantdidnotreceiveanadjustmentunderq3B1.1

(AggravatingRole)andwasnotengagedinacontinuingcriminalenterprise,as

desnedin21U.S.C.j848.''(Emphasissuppliedl

Thegovernm entsuggestsregardipgtheaforem entioned quotethat

tdthelanguagedtand''isbestreaddistributivelyandthus,conjunctively,torequirea

defendantto meetboth prongs,m eaningthata defendantwhoeitherreceivedan

aggravatingroleadjustmentorwasengagedinacontinuingcriminalenterprise

(CCE)wouldbeexcluded.

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4. The "Plain Meaning" rule is a well settled area of jurisprudence. 

"If the words are plain, they give meaning to the act, and it is neither the 

duty nor the privilege of the courts to enter speculative fields in search of a 

different meaning .... [W]hen words are free from doubt they must be taken 

as the final expression of the legislative intent, and are not to be added to or 

subtracted from by considerations drawn from titles or designating names or 

reports accompanying their introduction, or from any extraneous source. In 

other words, the language being plain, and not leading to absurd or wholly 

impracticable consequences, it is the sole evidence of the ultimate legislative 

intent." Caminetti v. United States, 242 U.S. 470, 490 (1917). 

"The plain meaning rule has many formulations, but its essential aspect is a 

denial of the need to 'interpret' unambiguous language .... In the federal 

courts the most common effect of the rule has been to preclude resort to bits 

of legislative history such as reports, hearings, and debates." Murphy, Old 

Maxims Never Die: The "Plain Meaning Rule" and Statutory Interpretation 

in the "Modern" Federal Courts, 75 COLUM. L. REv. 1299, 1299-300 (1975) 

(footnote omitted); cf Kelso & Kelso, Appeals in Federal Courts by 

Prosecuting Entities Other Than the United States: The Plain Meaning Rule 

Revisited, 33 HASTINGS L.J. 187, 208 (1981) ("[M]odem deba_te over the rule __ _ 

centers on the permissible use of extrinsic materials to determine legislative 

intent."). 

5. It is highly reasonable to assume that the United States Sentencing 

Commission knew and understood the distinction between using the words "and" 

and "or" when drafting the new rules applying a 2-level downward departure to 

people who have zero criminal history points and that the plain meaning of the 

word "or" should apply. 

6: Juan, therefore, submits that the government has erred ill' its position in 

__ Opposition to Juan's Motion for relief and th{s Honorable Court to reduce Juan's 

Sentencing Guideline calculation by two-levels and recalculate Juan's sentence 

accordingly, to be effective from and after February 1, 2024. 

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CONCLUSION 

WHEREFORE, the Court should grant this motion, order a two-level 

reduction of Juan's calculation under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and 

recalculate Juan's sentence reflecting the aforementioned two-level reduction, to be 

effective as of February 1, 2024. 

Dated: NovemberZ.t 2023 

Respectfully submitted, 

Alexander Juan 

Register Number: 13977-510 

FPC Pensacola 

Federal Prison -Camp 

PO Box 3949 

Pensacola, FL 32516 

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CERTIFICATE 

I hereby certify that I have placed a true and correct copy of the foregoing in 

the U.S. Mail with first class postage prepaid and properly addressed to the 

following on this !_(day of November, 2023: 

Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman, Esq. 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Southern District of Florida 

99 NE 4th Street 

Miami, FL 33132 

PH - (305) 961-9168 

Email- lindsey.friedman@usdoj.gov 

Alexander Juan 

Register Number: 13977-510 

FPC Pensacola 

Federal Prison Camp 

PO Box 3949 

Pensacola, FL 32516 

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