In September 2020, our client applied for Compassionate Release through the procedures required by the Bureau of Prisons. Despite his chronic illnesses and the danger of contracting COVID-19, his requested was denied. In November 2020, we filed a Compassionate Release request for him in the Eastern District of Michigan, arguing that his chronic conditions placed him at a heightened risk for suffering severe illness or death if he contracted COVID-19. The opposing argument was that our client was ineligible for release because his crime of conviction made him and many others a potential danger to the community. In agreement with Attorney Samantha Baker, the Court opined that "to assume every offender convicted of weapons offenses, drug crimes, robberies, or fraud schemes is a threat to the community and therefore cannot be granted compassionate release would render 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1) meaningless as there are few federal inmates who are serving time for offenses that did not harm the public." In her Opinion Granting Compassionate Release, Judge Edmunds focused both on our client's health concerns as well as the positive, significant life changes he made during his incarceration.