United States v. Garcon, No. 19-14650 (Dec. 6, 2022)

In United States v. Garcon, No. 19-14650 (Dec. 6, 2022), the en banc Court--in an opinion authored by Chief Judge Pryor--considered whether, in the First Step Act, the word "and" means "and" with regard to a grant of safety-valve relief.  More specifically, the en banc Court considered the language of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1), which empowers a [...]