1:16-cr-00680-3 USA v. Madrid

The court cut Carlos Madrid's sentence on April 20, 2026, applying Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines. Amendment 821 reduced offense levels for defendants who scored zero criminal history points at sentencing — a category that often produces sentences the Sentencing Commission later decided were too long. Madrid qualified, and the reduction went through.

The underlying case is docketed at 1:16-cr-00680 in federal court, with Madrid listed as defendant number three. The case dates to 2016, meaning Madrid has been in the system for nearly a decade. The April 2026 order is the most recent docket event of substance.

Amendment 821 became retroactive by Sentencing Commission order, which opened the door for defendants already serving time to file for reductions under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Courts do not hold full resentencing hearings for these motions — they recalculate the guideline range and adjust the sentence if the new range is lower.

Madrid's motion succeeded on that basis.

No judge is currently assigned on the public docket entry, and the original charges underlying the 2016 indictment are not detailed in the available record. What is clear is that the sentence reduction was granted, not denied — Madrid got relief.