Fernandez v. United States · ¶107

Unlike § 1983, § 3582(c)(1)(A) is not a “general” statute that protects all rights and provides for all sorts of civil remedies. Instead, it creates a specifc mechanism for granting a sentence reduction in the criminal context. Preiser's reasoning is therefore inapposite, as it would be odd to conclude that Congress intended a statute specifically authorizing release from prison to impliedly limit another statute that authorizes the same. The better inference is that Congress meant for these two statutes to exist side by side and not to the exclusion of one another.

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