United States v. Jones
United States v. Jones
Opinion of the Court
Steven Ray Jones, federal prisoner # 11732-035, appeals the district court’s
We review a district court’s decision to reduce a sentence for an abuse of discretion and its interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo. United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 672 (5th Cir. 2009), petition far cert. filed (Jan. 28, 2010) (No. 09-8939). In Evans, this court noted that because the district court was under no obligation to reduce the defendant’s sentence at all, it was under no obligation to reduce the sentence even further within the recalculated range. Id. at 673. Further, the district court was not required to give reasons for its granting the defendant’s § 3582(c)(2) motion but not selecting “a satisfactorily low enough sentence within the recalculated range.” Id. at 674. Accordingly, Jones’s contentions are foreclosed by Evans, and the district court did not abuse its discretion. See id. at 672-74.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
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