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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice DAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 08-3529.
    United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
    Aug. 14, 2009.
    Before: KEITH, GIBBONS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.
   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 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.