United States v. Kenneth Donnell Watkins
Opinion
Kenneth Watkins, proceeding with the assistance of counsel, appeals from the district court’s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence based on Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court did not err in concluding that he was ineligible for a. sentence reduction, because his below-guideline 84-month sentence — which resulted from a downward variance and not from a government motion for substantial assistance — was below his amended guideline range. Moreover, Watkins’s argument that the policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2) violates the remedial goals of Booker * is foreclosed by precedent. See Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). For background, see United States v. Colon, 707 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2013).
AFFIRMED.
United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Donnell WATKINS, A.K.A. Dino Watkins, Defendant-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished