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Parties Involved:
Carlos Gutierrez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2957

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Carlos Gutierrez, *

*

Petitioner - Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the District

* of Minnesota. 

United States of America, *

* [UNPUBLISHED] 

Respondent - Appellee. *

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Submitted: April 18, 2006

Filed: April 24, 2006

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Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM. 

Carlos Gutierrez was convicted after a jury trial of four drug offenses and was

sentenced to 360 months. His convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct

appeal. See United States v. Gutierrez, 367 F.3d 733 (8th Cir. 2004). Subsequent to

his sentencing the United States Supreme Court decided Blakely v. Washington, 542

U.S. 296 (2004), and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), and by this

motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Gutierrez seeks their application to his sentence. The

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The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota. 

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district court1

 denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability. Since Blakely

and Booker do not apply retroactively, Gutierrez is not entitled to the ruling he seeks.

See Never Misses a Shot v. United States, 413 F.3d 781 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgement of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. 

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