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CONCEPCION v. UNITED STATES 

Opinion of the Court 

court to accept a movant’s argument that evidence of reha-
bilitation or other changes in law counsel in favor of a sen-
tence reduction, or the Government’s view that evidence of 
violent behavior in prison counsels against providing relief. 
Nor does the First Step Act require a district court to make 
a point-by-point rebuttal of the parties’ arguments.  All that 
is required is for a district court to demonstrate that it has
considered the arguments before it.  

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The First Step Act does not require a district court to be
persuaded by the nonfrivolous arguments raised by the par-
ties before it, but it does require the court to consider them.
The contrary judgment of the Court of Appeals for the First
Circuit  is  reversed,  and  the  case  is  remanded  for  further 
proceedings consistent with this opinion. 

It is so ordered.