---
title: "Reduction in Term of Imprisonment Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)"
citation: "U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 (2025)"
authority_id: "AUTH-USSG-2025-1B1-13"
authority_type: "guideline"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "applicable_policy_statement_subject_to_controlling_law"
official_url: "https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2025-guidelines-manual/annotated-2025-chapter-1"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USSG-2025-1B1-13/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 (2025)

## Propositions supported

Current compassionate-release categories, no-danger rule, rehabilitation rule, printed legal-change provisions, and the distinction between eligibility and extent of reduction.

## Material limitation

After *Rutherford*, § 1B1.13(b)(6) cannot create eligibility from a sentencing disparity produced by Congress's choice not to make an amendment retroactive. Later controlling law must be checked before relying on § 1B1.13(c).

## Official source

<https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/2025-guidelines-manual/annotated-2025-chapter-1>


## Used in

- [18 U.S.C. § 3582 — Sentence-Modification Remedy Router](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/section-3582-remedy-router.md)