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U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S

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J UL Y 12, 2010

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CL ERK [ D O N O T P U B L I S H ]

I N T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S C O U R T O F A P P E A L S

F O R T H E E L E V E N T H C I R C U I T

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. D o c k e t N o

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- A p p e l l e e ,

v e r s u s

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- A p p e l l a n t

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A p p e a l f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s D i s t r i c t C o u r t

f o r t h e S o u t h e r n D i s t r i c t o f F l o r i d a

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( J u l y 1 2

, 2 0 1 0 )

B e f o r e B L A C K

, B A R K E T T a n d F A Y

, C i r c u i t J u d g e s

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P E R C U R I A M :D a v i d S l a u g h t e r , p r o s e , a p p e a l s f r o m t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t ’ s g r a n t o f h i s

§ 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) m o t i o n f

o r r e d u c t i o n o f s e n t e n c e b a s e d o n A m e n d m e n t 5 9 9 t o t h e

G u i d e l i n e s

. O n a p p e a l

, S l a u g h t e r a s s e r t s t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t e r r e d

, a f t e r g r a n t i n g h i s

§ 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) m o t i o n , i n t r e a t i n g h i m a s a n a r m e d c a r e e r c r i m i n a l u n d e r 1 8 U

. S

. C

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§ 9 2 4 ( e ) a n d b y r u n n i n g h i s 1 8 U

. S

. C

. § 9 2 4 ( c ) m a n d a t o r y 6 0

- m o n t h s e n t e n c e

c o n s e c u t i v e t o h i s o t h e r s e n t e n c e s

. A f t e r r e v i e w , w e a f

f i r m S l a u g h t e r ’ s s e n t e n c e

. 1

O n O c t o b e r 1

, 1 9 9 6

, p u r s u a n t t o a w r i t t e n p l e a a g r e e m e n t

, S l a u g h t e r p l e d

g u i l t y t o b e i n g a f

e l o n i n p o s s e s s i o n o f a f i r e a r m , 1 8 U

. S

. C

. § 9 2 2 ( g ) ( 1 ) ( C o u n t 1 )

,

r o b b i n g a 7

- E l e v e n s t o r e b y a c t u a l a n d t h r e a t e n e d f o r c e a n d v i o l e n c e , 1 8 U

. S

. C

.

§ 1 9 5 1 ( a ) ( C o u n t 2 )

, a n d k n o w i n g l y u s i n g a n d c a r r y i n g a f i r e a r m d u r i n g a c r i m e o f

v i o l e n c e , 1 8 U

. S

. C

. § 9 2 4 ( c ) ( 1 ) ( C o u n t 3 )

. I n D e c e m b e r 1 9 9 6

, a f t e r d e t e r m i n i n g

S l a u g h t e r q u a l i f

i e d a s a n a r m e d c a r e e r c r i m i n a l

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t s e n t e n c e d

S l a u g h t e r t o t e r m s o f i m p r i s o n m e n t o f 1 8 8 m o n t h s o n C o u n t 1 a n d 1 2 0 m o n t h s o n

C o u n t 2 t o r u n c o n c u r r e n t l y

. T h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t a l s o i m p o s e d a 6 0

- m o n t h

i m p r i s o n m e n t t e r m o n C o u n t 3 t o r u n c o n s e c u t i v e t o C o u n t s 1 a n d 2

, r e s u l t i n g i n a

t o t a l i m p r i s o n m e n t t e r m o f 2 4 8 m o n t h s

.

We review for a

buse of discr etion a district cour t’s decision whe ther to re duce a 1

sentenc e pursua

nt to § 3582(c)( 2). United States v. More no , 421 F.3d 1217, 1219 ( 11th Cir. 2005). Howe ver, w here the issue is the interpre tation of Amendment 599 or the district court’s leg al conc lusions reg arding the scope of its authority under the sentenc ing g

uidelines, we
conduct a de novo revie w. United States v. Pringle , 350 F.3d 1172, 1178 ( 11th Cir. 2003).

2I n S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 9

, S l a u g h t e r f i l e d h i s p r o s e § 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) m o t i o n f o r

r e d u c t i o n o f s e n t e n c e b a s e d o n A m e n d m e n t 5 9 9 t o t h e G u i d e l i n e s

. T h e d i s t r i c t

c o u r t s u m m a r i l y g r a n t e d S l a u g h t e r ’ s § 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) m o t i o n a n d r e d u c e d S l a u g h t e r ’ s

t o t a l t e r m o f i m p r i s o n m e n t f r o m 2 4 8 t o 2 4 0 m o n t h s : 1 8 0 m o n t h s ’ i m p r i s o n m e n t o n

C o u n t 1 t o r u n c o n c u r r e n t w i t h 1 1 2 m o n t h s ’ i m p r i s o n m e n t o n C o u n t 2

, a n d 6 0

m o n t h s ’ i m p r i s o n m e n t o n C o u n t 3 t o r u n c o n s e c u t i v e t o C o u n t s 1 a n d 2

. 2

A § 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) p r o c e e d i n g “ d o e s n o t c o n s t i t u t e a d e n o v o r e s e n t e n c i n g ” a n d

“ a l l o r i g i n a l s e n t e n c i n g d e t e r m i n a t i o n s r e m a i n u n c h a n g e d w i t h t h e s o l e e x c e p t i o n

o f t h e g u i d e l i n e r a n g e t h a t h a s b e e n a m e n d e d s i n c e t h e o r i g i n a l r e s e n t e n c i n g

. ”

U n i t e d S t a t e s v

. B r a v o , 2 0 3 F

. 3 d 7 7 8

, 7 8 1 ( 1 1 t h C i r

. 2 0 0 0 ) ( e m p h a s i s i n o r i g i n a l )

.

T h u s , t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t l a c k e d a u t h o r i t y t o c o n s i d e r S l a u g h t e r ’ s a r g u m e n t s

.

S e e B r a v o , 2 0 3 F

. 3 d a t 7 8 1

. F i r s t

, t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t c o u l d n o t r e e x a m i n e

S l a u g h t e r ’ s s t a t u s a s a n a r m e d c a r e e r c r i m i n a l b e c a u s e A m e n d m e n t 5 9 9 d i d n o t

a p p l y a n d a l l t h e o r i g i n a l s e n t e n c i n g d e t e r m i n a t i o n s r e m a i n e d u n c h a n g e d

.

T h e r e f o r e , t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t d i d n o t e r r i n r e s e n t e n c i n g h i m t o a 1 5

- y e a r s t a t u t o r y

m i n i m u m , p u r s u a n t t o § 9 2 4 ( e )

. I d

. S e c o n d

, t h e r e t r o a c t i v e A m e n d m e n t 5 9 9 h a d

Amendment 599 did not have the eff ect of lowering his applicable g uideline ra ng e 2

beca use Slaug hter wa s sentence d based on his status as a n arme d car eer

criminal, pursua

nt to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.4. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, comment. (n.1( A)). T he g overnme nt, does not challeng e the e ight- month reduction in Slaug hter’s se ntence even thoug h Slaughte r wa s not elig ible for a

§ 3582(c) (2) se ntence reduc tion. Moreover , there is no other basis for r elief unde r § 3582(c) (2).

3n o e f

f e c t o n t h e § 9 2 4 ( c ) s e n t e n c e p e r C o u n t 3

, a s t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t w a s s t a t u t o r i l y

r e q u i r e d t o i m p o s e a c o n s e c u t i v e 5

- y e a r m a n d a t o r y s e n t e n c e

. S e e 1 8 U

. S

. C

. §

9 2 4 ( c ) ( 1 ) ( A ) ( i ) ; s e e a l

s o U

. S

. S

. G

. § 2 K 2

. 4

, c o m m e n t

. ( n

. 2 ( A ) ) ( s t a t i n g a t e r m o f

i m p r i s o n m e n t u n d e r § 9 2 4 ( c ) “ s h a l l r u n c o n s e c u t i v e l y t o a n y o t h e r t e r m o f

i m p r i s o n m e n t

. ” )

. A c c o r d i n g l y , w e a f f i r m

.

A F F I R M E D

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