Opinion ID: 218016
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Heading: Application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

Text: The parties submitted supplemental briefs addressing whether the FSA, which increased the drug quantities necessary to trigger mandatory minimum sentences, should apply to Moore, who was sentenced three months before the FSA's effective date. The FSA effectively reduced the crack-powder disparity from 100-to-1 to approximately 18-to-1. We have held that the FSA does not operate retroactively. See United States v. Bell, 624 F.3d 803, 814 (7th Cir.2010). Ten other circuits agree. See United States v. Goncalves, 642 F.3d 245, 253 n. 8 (1st Cir.2011) (citing cases). Moreover, we have noted that the relevant date is the date on which the defendant's conduct took place, not the date of sentencing. United States v. Fisher, 635 F.3d 336, 338 (7th Cir.2011). Thus, under our case law, the FSA does not apply to Moore, who was sentenced based on conduct that occurred before the statute's August 3, 2010 effective date.