RICHARD L. VOORHEES, District Judge.
Defendant pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute a Mixture and Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A). (Doc. 312 at 1). This Court, varying downward from the Sentencing Guidelines range, sentenced Defendant to a term of imprisonment of fifty-seven months, which was to run consecutively to Defendant's imprisonment under any previous state or federal sentence. (Doc. 312 at 2).
In her Motion to Reduce Sentence Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c), Defendant seeks a sentence reduction through the retroactive application of U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Amendment 794, which clarifies the requirements for reducing a defendant's offense level based upon a defendant's "minor" or "minimal" role in the offense. (Doc. 456 at 1-3); see also United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual ("U.S.S.G.") § 3B1.2. Once a term of imprisonment has been imposed it is generally considered to be "final for all purposes." 18 U.S.C. § 3582(b). Narrow exceptions exist that permit a court to modify a term of imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(b), (c). A court is only permitted to modify a term of imprisonment "if the Bureau of Prisons moves for a reduction, the Sentencing Commission amends the applicable Guidelines range, or another statute or [Fed. R. Crim. P.] 35 expressly permits the court to do so." United States v. Goodwyn, 596 F.3d 233, 235 (4th Cir. 2010). Here, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons has not moved for a reduction, the Government has not filed a Fed. R. Crim. P. 35 motion, and there is no statute expressly permitting the Court to reduce Defendant's sentence. However, the Sentencing Commission has amended U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 through its adoption of Guidelines Amendment 794.
The Court may "reduce a defendant's term of imprisonment when the Commission has subsequently lowered his or her sentencing range and made that reduction retroactive." United States v. Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247, 250 (4th Cir. 2009). Section 3582(c)(2) states that "upon motion of the defendant . . . the court may reduce the term of imprisonment. . ., if such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (emphasis added). The applicable policy statement is U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, which provides as follows:
U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a). The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that "[a] guideline amendment may be applied retroactively only when expressly listed in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10([d])."
In her Motion to Amend or Correct Judgment Requesting Jail Time Credits, Defendant asks the Court to run her current federal sentence concurrent to her prior state court sentence so that she may receive jail time credits for time spent in custody between August 13, 2013, the date of her arrest by Federal authorities, and October 14, 2014, the date of her sentencing. (Doc. 431 at 1). As factual background for Defendant's claim, although federal authorities executed an arrest warrant on Defendant in August 2013, (see docket entry dated August 14, 2013), Defendant was in state custody, serving a state sentence, at the time of her federal arrest, (see Doc. 271 at 9); see also North Carolina Department of Correction, Public Access Information System, Offender Search http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=110736 2&searchLastName=miller&searchFirstName=brookelyn&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults &listpage=1 (records of "Miller, Brookelyn Michelle," DOC Number 1107362) (last visited July 16, 2017). Defendant completed her state sentence on July 18, 2014. See North Carolina Department of Correction, Public Access Information System, Offender Search
Taking the end date of Defendant's state imprisonment, July 18, 2014, and adding this Court's imposed term of fifty-seven months imprisonment leaves Defendant with a release date of approximately April 18, 2019. (Doc. 312 at 1). According to the Bureau of Prisons's Inmate Locator, Defendant's projected release date from federal prison is September 6, 2018. See Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator, https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ (records of "Miller, Brookelyn Michelle," Register Number 28627-058) (last visited July 16, 2017). This Court believes that this projected release date, over seven months shorter than Defendant's mandated fifty-seven months, accurately takes into account both Defendant's time spent in federal custody and Defendant's projected good time served credits over the course of her imprisonment.
Thus, although this Court is pleased by Defendant's report that she has worked diligently in earning her G.E.D. and has maintained a clear disciplinary record while incarcerated, (see Doc. 431 at 1, Docs. 431-1, 431-2), Defendant has neither demonstrated that the Federal Bureau of Prisons miscalculated her sentence nor identified a basis upon which the Court has authority to modify her sentence, see 18 U.S.C. § 3582. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Amend or Correct Judgment Requesting Jail Time Credits (Doc. 431) is
(1) Defendant's Motion to Reduce Sentence Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (Doc. 456) is
(2) Defendant's Motion to Amend or Correct Judgment Requesting Jail Time Credits (Doc. 431) is