The following excerpt is from United States v. Fletcher, 997 F.3d 95 (2nd Cir. 2021):
We generally review a district court's denial of a motion for a discretionary sentence reduction for abuse of discretion. United States v. Holloway , 956 F.3d 660, 664 (2d Cir. 2020). But where, as here, "the underpinning of the district court's ruling is statutory interpretation, we review it de novo ." United States v. Moore , 975 F.3d 84, 8889 (2d Cir. 2020) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted); see also United States v. Davis , 961 F.3d 181, 186 (2d Cir. 2020).
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