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Parties Involved:
Maurice Anderson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10630

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MAURICE ANDERSON,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth

USDC No. 4:06-CR-64-1

Before GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Maurice Anderson, federal prisoner # 34064-177, has moved for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s denial of his 

18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction based upon Amendment 

782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1); see also FED.

R. APP. P. 24(a).

 

* 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

December 15, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Under § 3582(c)(2), a defendant’s sentence may be modified if he was 

sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that 

subsequently was lowered by the Sentencing Commission. Anderson has not 

shown that the district court erred in concluding that his sentencing range was 

not lowered by Amendment 782.

Anderson’s appeal does not present a nonfrivolous issue and has not been 

brought in good faith. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). 

The motion for leave to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED 

as frivolous. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 n.24 (5th Cir. 1997).

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