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Parties Involved:
Andre Donnell Routt
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-41174

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ANDRE DONNELL ROUTT,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:94-CR-12

Before KING, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Andre Donnell Routt, federal prisoner # 60985-079, appeals the denial of 

his motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on 

Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. Routt contends that he was 

entitled to a two-level reduction of his base offense level under Amendment 

782 and that, as a result, his new base offense level would be 36.

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

April 1, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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The record confirms that Routt was ineligible for a sentence reduction 

under § 3582(c)(2) because Amendment 782 did not lower his base offense level. 

Routt fails to acknowledge that he was held responsible for 42.5 kilograms and 

four ounces of crack cocaine and 150 kilograms of powder cocaine. Under the 

retroactive, amended version of U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c)(1), which has now taken 

effect, Routt has a base offense level of 38 because he was responsible for the 

equivalent of more than 90,000 kilograms of marijuana. See § 2D1.1(c)(1) 

(2015). His specific offense level enhancements added six more levels. Routt’s 

total offense level of 44, together with a criminal history category of IV, results 

in a guidelines range of life imprisonment. See U.S.S.G. Ch. 5, Pt. A. Because

Amendment 782 did not reduce Routt’s sentencing range, the district court 

properly found that he was ineligible for relief under § 3582(c)(2). See U.S.S.G. 

§ 1B1.10(a)(2)(B) & comment. (n.1(A)); Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 

826 (2010).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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