United States v. Cotton
Opinion
Lorenzo Cotton, federal prisoner # 32280-177, appeals the grant of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion, which reduced the sentence he is serving for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base to a *567 term within the amended guidelines range. We affirm.
Cotton’s argument that the district court was authorized to depart from the amended guidelines range when sentencing him pursuant to § 3582(c)(2) is foreclosed by United States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235, 238 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 517, 175 L.Ed.2d 366 (2009), which held Booker 1 inapplicable to § 3582(c) sentence reductions. His argument that the district court erred in failing to provide reasons in support of the reduced sentence is foreclosed by United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 674 (5th Cir. 2009), which held that a district court is “not required to state findings of facts and conclusions of law” when granting or denying a § 3582(c)(2) motion.
AFFIRMED.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lorenzo COTTON, Defendant-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished