Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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. § 358 2(c) ( 2) fora redu ct i on of h i s sen t en ce i n li gh tof t h e rec en tam en dm en t s t o t h e cr ack cocai n e gu i del i n es. H u tc h in s o n w a s s e n te n c e do r ig in a llyto a1 9 0 -m o n th te r m o f im p r is o n m e n t, in t he m i ddl e o f

t he gui de l i ne s i m pr i s o nm e ntr ang e . H ut c hi ns o n c o nt e nds t hatt he di st ri ctcourtabu sed i t s di scr et i on i n res en t en ci n g h i m to a 175-m on t h t erm of im p r is o n m e n t, a t t h e to p o f th e a m e n d e dg u id e lin e s im p r is o n m e n t r a n g e . United States Court of App eals

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2 H ut c hi ns o n a r gue s t hatt he di s t r i c tc o ur t fail e d t o c o ns i de r t hatt he r e c e nt am en d m en t s t o the c r ac k c oc ai ne gui del i nes w er e o nl y a par t i alr em edy of an unw ar r ant e d d i s pa r i t y i n s e nt e nc i ng be t w e e n cr ac k c o c ai ne and po w de rc o c ai ne of fen ses. H u t chi n son c om pl ai n s t h at t h e di st ri ct court di d not give reasons f or i t s se nt e nc e . H ut c hi ns o n s ugg e s t s t hathe ha s b e e n i nf r ac t i o n- f

r e e i n pr i s o n a nd t hathe ha s de m o ns t r at e d hi s c o m m i t m e ntt o re hab i l i t at i o n b y c o m pl e t i ng dr ug edu cat i on an d other courses
. I n Uni t e d St at e s v . Evan s , 5 8 7 F .3 d6 6 7 , 6 7 3 (5 th C ir . 2 0 0 9 ), pet i t i on f or cer t . f i led(Jan. 28, 2010) ( N o. 09- 8939) , t hi s c our thel d t hata di st r i c tc our tm ay s u m m a r ily g r a n t or d e n y a § 3 5 8 2 (c )(2 ) m o tio n w ith o u t p r o v id in gre a s o n s . T h is court rej ect ed E van s’ s c on t e nti o n that t h e di st ri ctcourtha d ab u sed it s di scr et i on in fa ilin gto re d u c e h is s e n te n c e m o r e , inlig h t o f h i s re h a b ilita tiv e e ffo r ts in p r is o n . Id
. at 673. Th e court reasoned t h at t h e di st ri ctcourt , “ w h i ch w as un der
n o obl i gati on t o redu ce E van s’ s s en t en ce atal l , w as un der no ob l i gati on t o reduce i t eve n f u rth er w i th i n the reca l cu l a tedran ge . ” Id
. (f oot n ot e om i t t ed). Th i s c ou rt fou n dth e d istr ict co u rt’s co n clu sio n “u n d e rs ta n d a b le” in li g h t of E v a n s’s e x te n s iv e cr im in a l h is to r y . Id
. a t 6 7 3 & n .1 1
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l e c t s t hatH ut c hi ns o n w as age 23 att he t i m e of t he i ns t ant of fens es and t hat , by t hat t i m e, he al r eady had a subs t ant i al c r i m i na lh i st or y, w i t h mu l t i p l e d r u go f fe n s e s a n db a t t e r i e s . H u t c h i n s o n w a s o n p a r o l e a tt h e t i me o f t he offen se and t he o f fe ns e w as c o m m i t t e d l e s s t han t w o y e ar s f o l l o w i ng H u tch i n son ’ s relea se from cu stod y re l a tedto a p r io rd ru g co n victi on . In i m pos i ng t he o r i gi nals ent enc e, t he di st r i c tc our t not ed H ut c hi nso n’ s ext ens ive cri m i n alhi st ory. O n t h i s r ecord, H u t chi n son can n otshow t h at th e di st ri ctcourt abu sed i t s di scr et i on i n i m posi n g a sentence at th e t op of t h e am en ded gu i del i n es r a n g e . S ee Un i t ed S t ate s v. B oe , 117 F
. 3d 830 , 831 ( 5th C i r. 199 7)
. Th e di st ri ct c o u r t ’ s o r d e ri s A F F I RMED. Case: 08-30697 Document: 00511089300 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/22/2010