UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN 

SOUTHERN DIVISION 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Devin Dantzler, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 14-20425 

Judith E. Levy 

United States District Judge 

Mag. Judge David R. Grand 

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE [488] 

This case is before the Court on Defendant’s September 8, 20201

motion “to take Judicial Notice of the Care Act.” (ECF No. 488.) The Court 

interprets this filing as a motion for compassionate release pursuant to 

18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), because Defendant, who is presently confined 

at F.C.I. McDowell in West Virginia, requests “compassionate release . . 

. or home confinement [pursuant to the Court’s authority to] modify a 

defendant’s sentence if it finds on either the [Bureau of Prisons (BOP)] 

1 Received and docketed on October 19, 2020. 

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or the defendant’s motion that extraordinary and compelling reasons 

[warrant release].” (Id. at PageID.2701.) 

Defendant attached to his motion a July 24, 2020 denial of 

administrative release from Warden C. Maruka. (ECF No. 488, 

PageID.2704.) Because Defendant has demonstrably exhausted the 

administrative procedures for compassionate release at F.C.I. McDowell, 

the Court may consider the merits of his motion. See United States v. 

Alam, No. 20-1298, 2020 WL 2845694, at *5 (6th Cir. June 2, 2020). 

However, Defendant has not provided the Court with any 

information to evaluate his motion. The compassionate release statute 

allows the Court to modify a defendant’s term of imprisonment if 

“extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction.” 18 

U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). The United States Sentencing Guidelines define 

“extraordinary and compelling reasons” as “suffering from a serious 

physical or medical condition . . . that substantially diminishes the ability 

of the defendant to provide self-care within the environment of a 

correctional facility and from which he or she is not expected to recover.” 

U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 n.1(A). Neither Defendant’s motion, nor his 

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accompanying “Affidavit in support of Home Confinement Conditions,” 

provide a description of Defendant’s physical or medical conditions. 

Accordingly, Defendant’s motion is DENIED WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE. Defendant may renew his motion with a detailed 

description of any physical or medical conditions that he believes may 

warrant compassionate release. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 22, 2020 s/Judith E. Levy 

Ann Arbor, Michigan JUDITH E. LEVY 

United States District Judge 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served 

upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s 

ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses 

disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on October 22, 2020. 

s/William Barkholz 

WILLIAM BARKHOLZ 

Case Manager 

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