United States Ninth Circuit

In a drug distribution prosecution, the denial of defendant's motion for reduction of his sentence is affirmed where defendant was sentenced as a career offender, and was thus not eligible for a reduction of his prison sentence under Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/19/2009
• Published 10/19/2009

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  W. FLETCHER, RONALD M. GOULD, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tracey A. Staab, Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho, Spokane, WA, for the defendant-appellant., James A. McDevitt, United States Attorney, and Robert A. Ellis, Assistant United States Attorney, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.