STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO REDUCE SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)

RETROACTIVE DRUGS-MINUS-TWO REDUCTION CASE

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Defendant, MICHAEL PAUL SPRUTH, by and through his attorney, Assistant Federal Defender David Porter, and plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through its counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. On October 23, 2014, Mr. Spruth filed a pro se motion with this Court to reduce his sentence;

2. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), this Court may reduce the term of imprisonment in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(o);

3. On September 15, 1998, this Court sentenced Mr. Spruth to the statutory maximum terms for each count for a total term of 288 months imprisonment, comprised of 120 months for each of two violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2) (Counts 4 & 7), and 48 months for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (Count 1), all sentences to be served consecutively;

4. His total offense level was 35, his criminal history category was IV, and the resulting guideline range was the statutory maximum term of 288 months;1

5. The sentencing range applicable to Mr. Spruth was subsequently lowered by the United States Sentencing Commission in Amendment 782, made retroactive on July 18, 2014, see 79 Fed. Reg. 44,973;

6. Mr. Spruth's total offense level has been reduced from 35 to 33, and his amended guideline range is 188-235 months; and,

7. Accordingly, the parties request the Court enter the order lodged herewith reducing Mr. Spruth's term of imprisonment to a total term of 235 months, comprised of a 94-month sentence on Count 4, a 93-month sentence on Count 7, and a 48-month sentence on Count 1, all sentences to be served consecutively.

ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the stipulated motion of the defendant for reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).

The parties agree, and the Court finds, that Mr. Spruth is entitled to the benefit Amendment 782, which reduces the total offense level from 35 to 33, resulting in an amended guideline range of 188-235 months.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the total term of imprisonment imposed in September 1998 is reduced to a total term of 235 months, comprised of a 94-month sentence on Count 4, a 93-month sentence on Count 7, and a 48-month sentence on Count 1, all sentences to be served consecutively.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other terms and provisions of the amended judgment remain in effect.2 The clerk shall forthwith prepare an amended judgment reflecting the above reduction in sentence, and shall serve certified copies of the amended judgment on the

United States Bureau of Prisons and the United States Probation Office. Unless otherwise ordered, Mr. Spruth shall report to the United States Probation Office within seventy-two hours after his release.