United States v. Dominque Wells

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 17 2023

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-10159

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:14-cr-00280-JCM-GWF-1 v.

DOMINQUE WELLS, MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 11, 2023 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, CHRISTEN, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

The Government appeals a district court decision granting Dominque Wells

compassionate release and reducing his sentence from 107 years and one day to ten

years pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1291.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. On appeal, one of the parties’ primary points of disagreement is whether the

district court’s order complied with United States v. Chen, 48 F.4th 1092 (9th Cir.

2022). However, Chen was decided after…