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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3582', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 851', '§ 841', '§ 5', '§ 2', '§ 3582', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 5', '§ 2', '§ 3582', '§ 5', '§ 2', '§ 3582', '§ 3582']

| United States v. Osborn
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF,v.LAMONT DAVID OSBORN, DEFENDANT.
This matter comes before the Court on defendant Lamont David Osborn's pro se motion for a reduction of his criminal sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual ("U.S.S.G.") § 1B1.10 (Doc. 169). The Court appointed counsel for Osborn, and counsel has moved to withdraw on the basis that she can make no non-frivolous arguments in support of the defendant's request (Doc. 173). See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967). The government has responded to the motions (Doc. 175). Osborn has not responded to counsel's motion, although he was given an opportunity to do so.
Osborn was convicted by a jury of one count of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. At sentencing, the Court found by a preponderance of the evidence that Osborn's relevant conduct was at least 50 grams but less than 150 grams of crack cocaine, which at the time under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 yielded a base offense level of 32. The Court increased the offense level by two points under U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice. Considering Osborn's criminal history category of III, this yielded a sentencing range of 188 to 235 months in prison. However, because the government had filed an enhancement pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851, the defendant's statutory minimum sentence was 20 years. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). Consequently, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(b), his guideline sentence became 240 months. Osborn now asks the Court to apply recent changes to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 to lower his sentence.
Osborn cannot satisfy the first criterion because he was not "sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(o)." 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Amendments 706 and 711 amended U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c) as of November 1, 2007, to lower by two points the base offense levels associated with various amounts of crack cocaine. The Sentencing Commission amended U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c) intending to alter the disparity in sentences involving crack cocaine and sentences involving powder cocaine. The amendments did not, however, reduce the sentencing range of defendants whose minimum guideline sentence was determined under U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(b) based on a statutory minimum rather than under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 based on relevant conduct amounts. See Forman, 553 F.3d at 588 ("Nothing in § 3582(c)(2) permits a court to reduce a sentence below the mandatory minimum."). Because Osborn was sentenced based on his statutory minimum sentence in accordance with U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(b), not his base offense level set forth in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1, under the old and amended guidelines, his guideline sentence would have been 240 months. Thus, the amendments did not lower his guideline range, and he cannot satisfy the first criterion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for obtaining a sentence reduction.
Because Osborn cannot satisfy the first criterion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for obtaining a sentence reduction, the Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction to consider his reduction request. See Forman, 553 F.3d at 588; Lawrence, 535 F.3d at 637-38. The Court therefore GRANTS counsel's motion to withdraw (Doc. 173) and DISMISSES Osborn's motion for a sentence reduction (Doc. 169) for lack of jurisdiction. The Clerk is DIRECTED to mail a copy of this order to defendant Lamont David Osborn, Reg. No. 03111-025, FMC Butner, P.O. Box 1600, Butner, NC 27509.