U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2009

United States v. Maurice Dawson

United States v. Maurice Dawson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided August 14, 2009 · Keith, Gibbons, Kethledge
342 F. App'x 130

United States v. Maurice Dawson

Opinion

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Maurice Dawson appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion to reduce sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Dawson argues that the district court erred in concluding that Dawson’s status as a career offender prohibits a court from modifying his sentence. At oral argument, Dawson’s counsel conceded that this court’s recent decision in United States v. Perdue, 572 F.3d 288, 292 (6th Cir. 2009), which held that defendants sentenced as career offenders are ineligible for sentence reductions based upon *131 Amendment 706 of the Guidelines, forecloses his argument. See United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual app. C, amend. 706 (2007) (reducing the base-offense level for crack cocaine offenses). Consequently, we affirm the order of the district court denying Dawson’s motion to reduce sentence.

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