Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan CAMPBELL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-11
Citations: 421 F. App'x 653
Docket Number: No. 10-2884
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan CAMPBELL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 421
Pages: 653–653

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bryan CAMPBELL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-2884.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued June 15, 2011.
Decided July 11, 2011.
Meghan C. Morrissey, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Ellen R. Domph, Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
Bryan Campbell brokered a meeting between a crack dealer and a potential customer. His stint as a middleman landed him a conviction for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. On appeal Campbell argues that the district court should have postponed his sentencing until the Fair Sentencing Act went into effect. We disagree; the court did not have the authority to postpone Campbell's sentencing to allow him to take advantage of a change in the law regarding sentences in crack cases. Campbell also contends that the district court ought to have sentenced him below his guidelines range using the powder-cocaine guidelines, as the court had done with his codefendant, the crack dealer. On this issue we conclude that the court did not sufficiently explain its refusal to use the same approach in sentencing Campbell, so we vacate Campbell's sentence and remand for additional explanation.