---
title: "United States v. Pregent"
citation: "190 F.3d 279 (4th Cir. 1999)"
authority_id: "AUTH-CA4-PREGENT-190-F3D-279"
authority_type: "case"
jurisdiction: "federal_fourth_circuit"
precedential_status: "binding_in_ca4"
official_url: "https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/Published/986309.P.pdf"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CA4-PREGENT-190-F3D-279/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# United States v. Pregent

## Holdings used

- Section 3583(e)(1) ordinarily permits a broad conduct and interest-of-justice inquiry but is not a mechanism to collaterally attack the original unappealed sentence.

## Material limitation

Binding only in the Fourth Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official published opinion reviewed. The decision does not create an entitlement to early termination and keeps a challenge to the original sentence in the procedurally proper direct or collateral review vehicle. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run.

## Official source and pinpoints

190 F.3d 279 (4th Cir. 1999), 190 F.3d 282–83: <https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/Published/986309.P.pdf>

## Linked claims

- `CLM-CIR4-004`


## Used in

- [Fourth Circuit Overlay](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/95-circuit-overlays/fourth-circuit.md)