The court initially granted a non-binding judicial recommendation for home confinement for individual convicted of health care fraud conspiracy and health care fraud. The court found Doshi was not a risk if released and his health conditions (asthma, age, hypertension, diabetes, and coronary artery syndrome) favored release. Subsequently, BOP denied the recommendation, and Doshi moved for compassionate release under the First Step Act, which the court granted for the same reasons as its recommendation for release. The court found the exhaustion requirement to be flexible, and allowed Doshi to proceed despite not having appealed his petition to the BOP.
United States v. Doshi, No. 13-cr-20349 (AJT), Dkt. 153 (E.D. Mich. May 20, 2020)
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