United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's drug possession sentence is affirmed, where Defendant was sentenced pursuant to a statutory mandatory minimum, and thus could not be entitled to a reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2).

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2009
• Published 06/24/2009

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, SUSAN P. GRABER, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Carlton F. Gunn, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Kenneth Paulk., Daniel B. Levin, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.