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Summary: Case: 15-10993 Date Filed: 09/17/2015 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 15-10993 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 1:89-cr-00294-KMM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ABELARDO MUNERA-CADAVID, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _ (September 17, 2015) Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 15-10993 Date File
Summary: Case: 15-10993 Date Filed: 09/17/2015 Page: 1 of 3 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _ No. 15-10993 Non-Argument Calendar _ D.C. Docket No. 1:89-cr-00294-KMM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ABELARDO MUNERA-CADAVID, Defendant-Appellant. _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida _ (September 17, 2015) Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 15-10993 Date Filed..
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Case: 15-10993 Date Filed: 09/17/2015 Page: 1 of 3
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-10993
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:89-cr-00294-KMM-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ABELARDO MUNERA-CADAVID,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(September 17, 2015)
Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Abelardo Munera-Cadavid, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s
order denying his motion for a sentence reduction, which he filed pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and Amendment 591 to the United States Sentencing
Guidelines (U.S.S.G.). The district court denied Cadavid relief under Amendment
782, but did not mention Amendment 591 in its order. Cadavid contends this
Court should remand with instructions for the district court to consider his
arguments under Amendment 591.
There is no need to remand because the record makes clear Cadavid was not
entitled to a sentence reduction under Amendment 591. United States v. Chitwood,
676 F.3d 971, 975 (11th Cir. 2012) (“[W]e may affirm for any reason supported by
the record, even if not relied upon by the district court.” (quotation omitted)).
“Amendment 591 requires that the initial selection of the offense guideline be
based only on the statute or offense of conviction rather than on judicial findings of
actual conduct not made by the jury.” United States v. Moreno,
421 F.3d 1217,
1219 (11th Cir. 2005) (quoting U.S.S.G. App. C, amend. 591)). The amendment
clarified that the enhanced penalties in § 2D1.2 (Drug Offenses Occurring Near
Protected Locations or Involving Underage or Pregnant Individuals) applied only
where the defendant was “convicted of an offense referenced to § 2D1.2” and not
where the defendant simply “engaged in conduct described by that guideline.”
Id.
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Amendment 591 is inapposite to Cadavid’s case. Cadavid’s guideline range
was based on § 2D1.1’s base offense level and a role enhancement, and not on any
of the conduct that would increase the offense level under § 2D1.2. See
id.
Accordingly, Amendment 591 did not lower Cadavid’s applicable guideline range,
and Cadavid was not entitled to a sentence reduction under Amendment 591. See
U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B) (explaining a sentence reduction “is not authorized
under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)” if the amendment “does not have the effect of
lowering the defendant’s applicable guideline range”).
AFFIRMED.
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