UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS DELTA DIVISION ROBERT VAUGHAN PETITIONER Reg #46688-424

v. No. 2:20-cv-00221-BSM-JTR

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RESPONDENT ORDER Robert Vaughan’s petition [Doc. No. 1] is dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. There is no jurisdiction over Vaughan’s request for compassionate release pursuant to

because only the sentencing court can modify the sentence it imposed. See

(c)(1)(A); Claassen v. Hendrix, No. 2:20-cv-107-BSM/JTR,

, at *1 (E.D. Ark. June 15, 2020), report and recommendation adopted, No. 2:20-cv- 107-BSM,

(E.D. Ark. July 28, 2020); see also Smoke v. United States, No. CIV. 09-2050,

, at *4 (D. Minn. Dec. 14, 2009) (a request for compassionate release must be filed as a motion under

in the district court that imposed the sentence). Vaughan has already presented his request for compassionate release to the sentencing court, and the sentencing court denied his request. United States

v. Vaughan, Case No. 1:14-cr-639 (N.D. Ill. June 26, 2020), at doc. 55. IT IS SO ORDERED this 31st day of December, 2020. A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE