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# FI LED SEP 03 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS10- 30008 2 C a s t a ne da c ont e nds he i s e nt i t l e d t o a s e nt e nc e r e duc t i on ba s e d on S e nt e nc i ng G ui de l i ne A m e ndm e nt484, w hi c h c l a r i f i e d tha tthe a ttr i but abl e drug qua nt i ty unde rU . S . S . G . § 2D 1. 1 di d noti nc l ude a ny s ubs t a nc e tha tha d t o be r e m ove d be f

or e the drugs w e r e us abl e . T he di s tr i c tc our tpr ope r l y de ni e d the m ot i on because C as t aneda’ s “ se nt ence i s not‘ base d o n a se nt enci ng ra ng e thathas su b seq u en t l y b een l o w ered b y th e S en t en ci n g C o m m i ssi o n , ’ as req u i red b y § 3 58 2(c) (2). ” Se e U

ni te d State s v . L e ni e ar , 574 F . 3d 668, 673 ( 9th C i r . 2009) ( q u o tin g 1 8 U .S .C . § 3 5 8 2 ( c ) ( 2 ) ) ; s e e al s o U ni te d State s v . Spr ague , 135 F . 3d 1301, 1306- 07. ( 9th C i r . 1998) (f i nd i ng thati ti s the m ov ant ’ s burden t o sho w that the re troac t i ve am endm enti s app l i cabl e t o the chal l enged sent ence and that , un der A m endm ent48 4, he or she m ustshow , by a pre po nd er ance of the evi dence, that

“ the m i xtur e ors ubs t a nc e us e d i n s e nt e nc i ng c ont a i ne d m a t e r i a l s tha tm us tbe se para t ed t o render the control l ed subst ance useabl e. ”) . W i th r e s pe c tt o C a s t a ne da ’ s a r gum e nttha tthe di s tr i c tc our tde ni e d the m ot i on by erroneou sl y c hang i ng the drug am ou nt s use d i n cal cul at i ng hi s s ent ence , the re cord ref

l ec t s thatthe di stri ctcourtused the sa m e bas e off ense l evel that appl i ed w hen i ti m po se d the ori gi nal se nt ence , and thatany di sc re pancy w as in a d v e r te n t. A c c o r d in g ly , th is a r g u m e n t la c k s m e r it.10- 30008 3 F in a lly , b e c a u s e th e r e c o r d is d e v o id o f a n y e v id e n c e th a t th e d ru g s u s e d in c a l c ul a t i ng C a s t a ne da ’ s s e nt e nc e c ont a i ne d a n unus abl e s ubs t a nc e tha tha d t o be r e m o v e d p r io rto c o n s u m p tio n , th e d is tr ic t c o u r t d id n o t ab u s e its d is c r e tio n in f a ilin g to h o ld a n e v id e n tia ry h e a r in g . Se e U ni te d State s v . T

ow ns e nd , 98 F . 3d 510, 5 1 3 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 6 ) . AF F I RME D.