Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court. A federal court generally “may not modify a term of imprisonment once it has been imposed.” 18 U. S. C. § 3582 (c). Congress has provided an exception to that rule “in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that ha…
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