U.S. v. SHELTON, 1:07-cr-188-01. (2015)
Court: District Court, W.D. Michigan
Number: infdco20150828835
Visitors: 18
Filed: Aug. 27, 2015
Latest Update: Aug. 27, 2015
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER PAUL L. MALONEY , District Judge . Defendant Eric Junior Shelton has filed a motion for modification or reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2) based on the modification of the Drug Quantity Table with respect to drug quantity. Section 3582(c)(2) permits a court to reduce the term of imprisonment of a defendant who has been sentenced based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. 3582(c
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER PAUL L. MALONEY , District Judge . Defendant Eric Junior Shelton has filed a motion for modification or reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2) based on the modification of the Drug Quantity Table with respect to drug quantity. Section 3582(c)(2) permits a court to reduce the term of imprisonment of a defendant who has been sentenced based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)..
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAUL L. MALONEY, District Judge.
Defendant Eric Junior Shelton has filed a motion for modification or reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the modification of the Drug Quantity Table with respect to drug quantity.
Section 3582(c)(2) permits a court to reduce the term of imprisonment of a defendant who has been sentenced based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Amendment 782 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines modified U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1, the Drug Quantity Table with regard to drug quantity, and U.S.S.G. § 2D2.1(b). These modifications were made retroactive effective November 1, 2014. U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(c).
However, the defendant is not eligible for a sentence modification because he was sentenced as a career offender. As a career offender, the defendant's sentencing guideline range was calculated under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, not under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 or 2D2.1. Therefore, Amendment 782 does not retroactively lower the defendant's sentencing guideline range.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Eric Junior Shelton's motion modification of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 34) is DENIED.
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