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Parties Involved:
Dennis Gene Shipton
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-1926

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Dennis Gene Shipton

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court

for the District of North Dakota - Fargo

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 Submitted: February 5, 2020

Filed: February 11, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Dennis Shipton appeals after the district court1denied a pro se

motion in his criminal case, in which he sought a sentence reduction under the First

1The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the District of North Dakota.

Appellate Case: 19-1926 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/11/2020 Entry ID: 4880178
Step Act of 2018 (FSA), see Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018). Upon de

novo review of the record, see United States v. McDonald, 944 F.3d 769, 771 (8th

Cir. 2019) (standard of review), we agree with the district court that Shipton was not

eligible for a sentence reduction under section 401 of the FSA, as he was sentenced

prior to December 21, 2018, see United States v. Wiseman, 932 F.3d 411, 417 (6th

Cir. 2019) (§ 401 of FSA did not apply to defendant who was sentenced prior to

December 21, 2018). Accordingly, we affirm.

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