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Parties Involved:
Reginald E. Green
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-60629

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

REGINALD E. GREEN,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 1:94-CR-1-1

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Reginald E. Green, federal prisoner # 63828-080, is serving a 384-month 

term of imprisonment for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 

cocaine base and participating in a continuing criminal enterprise. He appeals 

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

sentence based on Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing 

 

* 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

June 23, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Guidelines, which lowered the base offense levels in the drug quantity table 

set forth in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c).

Green contends that the district court misapplied the guidelines to arrive 

at his original sentence by including a four-level role adjustment in his offenselevel calculation. In determining the effect of an amendment for purposes of 

§ 3582(c)(2), a defendant’s other applicable sentencing adjustments and 

criminal history remain unchanged. U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(1), p.s. As Green’s 

argument challenges Green’s original sentencing, it is not cognizable under 

§ 3582(c)(2). See United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 674 (5th Cir. 2009).

At his original sentencing, Green was assigned a base offense level of 38 

under § 2D1.1(c)(1) because his offense involved 40 kilograms of cocaine base. 

Under amended § 2D1.1(c)(1), Green’s base offense level remains 38. 

§ 2D1.1(c)(1). Because Amendment 782 did not lower Green’s applicable 

guideline range, he was not eligible for a sentence reduction under § 3582(c)(2) 

and can show no abuse of discretion in the denial of his motion. See United 

States v. Henderson, 645 F.3d 709, 712 (5th Cir. 2011). The judgment of the 

district court is AFFIRMED.

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