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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Kenneth Donnell Watkins
Appellant

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 15-13274

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:10-cr-00101-KD-C-2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

KENNETH DONNELL WATKINS,

a.k.a. Dino Watkins, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Alabama

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(April 20, 2016)

Before HULL, MARCUS, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM: 

Kenneth Watkins, proceeding with the assistance of counsel, appeals from 

the district court’s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his 

sentence based on Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district 

court did not err in concluding that he was ineligible for a sentence reduction, 

because his below-guideline 84-month sentence -- which resulted from a 

downward variance and not from a government motion for substantial assistance --

was below his amended guideline range. Moreover, Watkins’s argument that the 

policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2) violates the remedial goals of Booker*

is foreclosed by precedent. See Dillon v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2683 (2010). 

For background, see United States v. Colon, 707 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2013).

AFFIRMED.

 * United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S. Ct. 738, 160 L. Ed.2d 621 (2005).

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