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Federal Practice & Procedure

Finding Sentencing Guidelines

Guidelines Archive United States Sentencing Commission
Archives go back to 1987.

Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Available on the library's Westlaw computers.
From the All Content tab, select Statutes & Court Rules > United States Code Annotated (USCA) > Federal Sentencing Guidelines (located below Title 18)

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
Available on the library's Westlaw computers.
From the All Content tab, select Statutes & Court Rules > Criminal Law (located under the Topical heading) > Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual (located in the Tools & Resources box on the right)

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual (USSC)
Available on the library's Bloomberg Law computers.

Jenkins retains print copies of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines beginning with 1988. Additional resources may be helpful when researching federal sentencing practice. See below for more details.

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Handbook West/Thomson Reuters

Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual United States Sentencing Commission/West
Library has 1988-present.

Federal Sentencing Law and Practice West/Thomson Reuters

The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are often reprinted in commercial publications of the court rules. See the Federal Court Rules guide for where to find the court rules.