--- title: "United States v. Lawrence" citation: "1 F.4th 40 (D.C. Cir. 2021)" authority_id: "AUTH-CADC-LAWRENCE-1-F4TH-40" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_dc_circuit" precedential_status: "binding_in_cadc" official_url: "https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2021/06/20-3061-1902399.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CADC-LAWRENCE-1-F4TH-40/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 0 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # United States v. Lawrence ## Holdings used - A defendant has no categorical right to allocution before the district court decides a § 404 sentence-reduction motion. ## Material limitation Binding only in the D.C. Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. Only the no-categorical-allocution proposition is used; Smith and Concepcion supply later explanation and review rules. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run. ## Official source and pinpoints 1 F.4th 40 (D.C. Cir. 2021), 1 F.4th 46–48: ## Linked claims - `CLM-CIRDC-001` ## Used in - [D.C. Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/dc-circuit.md)