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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruby Lee SAUNDERS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 08-15048
    Non-Argument Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    April 21, 2009.
    Linda Julin McNamara, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    James W. Smith, III, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before MARCUS, PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Ruby Lee Saunders appeals the denial of her motion to reduce her sentence. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Saunders moved to reduce her sentence based on Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which reduced base offense levels applicable to crack cocaine. We affirm.

“We review de novo a district court’s conclusions about the scope of its legal authority under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).” United States v. James, 548 F.3d 983, 984 (11th Cir.2008) (per curiam). A district court may modify a sentence for a defendant who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Any reduction must be “consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.” Id. A sentence modification is not consistent with the policy statements when an amendment “does not have the effect of lowering the defendant’s applicable guideline range.” U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(2)(B).

Saunders’s argument is foreclosed by precedent. In United States v. Moore, we held that, when a defendant’s base offense level is calculated under the career offender provision, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, Amendment 706 does not lower the defendant’s guideline range and the defendant is ineligible for a sentence modification under section 3582(c)(2). 541 F.3d 1323, 1330 (11th Cir.2008). Saunders was sentenced as a career offender. We affirm the denial of Saunders’s motion to reduce her sentence.

AFFIRMED.