United States v. Rowley, No. 12-3975 (2d Cir. Nov. 26, 2013) (Kearse, Jacobs, Parker) (summary order), available here
This summary order reaffirms that the Fair Sentencing Act does not apply to defendants who were convicted and sentenced before August 3, 2010. See United States v. Diaz, 627 F.3d 930, 931 (2d Cir. 2010).
The one noteworthy aspect of the summary order is that the Court, apparently for the first time, explicitly rejected the Sixth Circuit’s contrary decision in United States v. Blewett, 719 F.3d 482 (6th Cir. 2013). The panel noted that Blewett “arguably contradicted” binding Sixth Circuit precedent and has since been vacated pending rehearing en banc. The panel further stated that Blewett appeared to be “wrongly decided” and that every circuit to consider Blewett “has declined to follow its lead.”
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