Opinion ID: 2982994
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Heading: Right to an Individualized Sentence

Text: Richardson next argues that his consecutive mandatory minimum sentences violate his right to individualized sentencing under the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment. This argument is also foreclosed by this Circuit’s existing precedent. In Odeneal, we recognized “that there is no constitutional right to individualized sentencing in non-capital cases.” 517 F.3d at 415; see also United States v. Levy, 904 F.2d 1026, 1035 (6th Cir. 1990). As this is a non-capital case, Richardson’s argument is foreclosed by this precedent. Once again, Richardson invites us to reconsider our previous holdings and, once again, we are not empowered to do so.