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Parties Involved:
Sirron R. Primers
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District

Court for the Western District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 08-1846

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United States of America,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

Sirron R. Primers,

Defendant – Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States

District Court for the

Western District of Missouri.

 [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: April 22, 2008

 Filed: May 7, 2008

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Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Sirron Primers appeals from the district court's1

 denial of his motion for a

reduction of his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), based on Amendment

706 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual (U.S.S.G.), which reduced

certain base offense levels in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c) depending on the quantity of

cocaine base (crack) involved. 

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Primers pled guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams

or more of crack. He was subject to a 10 year statutory mandatory minimum sentence,

but the district court granted the government's motion for a downward departure based

on Primers' substantial assistance and sentenced him to 84 months imprisonment.

Judgment was entered on June 26, 2003. In January 2008 Primers filed a motion to

reduce his sentence, citing Amendment 706, and for appointment of counsel. The

district court appointed counsel and then denied the motion to reduce sentence.

Primers appeals.

Primers' guideline range was not based on the amount of drugs under U.S.S.G.

§ 2D1.1, but on his status as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. Accordingly,

his original sentence is unaffected by the guideline amendments, see U.S.S.G. §

1B1.10(a)(2)(B); United States v. Tingle, No. 08-1777 (8th Cir. May 1, 2008) (per

curiam), and we affirm the order of the district court.

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