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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 : CRIMINAL ACTION 
v. : 
 : No. 06-cr-690-1 
LAN DANG 
 
ORDER 
 
AND NOW, on this 26th day of November 2025, upon consideration of Defendant’s 
Motion for a Reduction in Sentence (ECF No. 559), the Government’s Opposition (ECF No. 562), 
Defendant’s Pro Se Reply (ECF No. 564), Defendant’s Counseled Reply (ECF No. 567), the 
Government’s Sur-Reply (ECF No. 568), Defe ndant’s Counseled Sur -Reply (ECF No. 571), 
argument made at the hearing on July 23, 2025 (ECF No. 581), and the record before this Court, 
it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 
1. The Motion is GRANTED insofar as it seeks a determination that Defendant presents 
an “extraordinary and compelling” reason warranting a reduction in sentence; 
2. The Motion is DEFERRED insofar as it seeks a determination as to an appropriate 
sentencing modification; 
3. The Government shall brief its position on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and on 
whether Mr. Dang remains “ a danger to the safety of any other person or to the 
community, as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g),” see U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(a)(2), by noon 
on December 10, 2025. 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ CHAD F. KENNEY 
__________________ 
CHAD F. KENNEY, J. 
 

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