Source: https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-cooper-325
Timestamp: 2018-11-13 01:14:00
Document Index: 469589516

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 3582', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 3582', '§ 3582', '§ 3582']

United States v. Cooper, Crim. No.: 6:13-cr-0001-GFVT-EBA-5 | Casetext
Crim. No.: 6:13-cr-0001-GFVT-EBA-5 (E.D. Ky. Sep. 10, 2018)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SOUTHERN DIVISION LONDONSep 10, 2018
Crim. No.: 6:13-cr-0001-GFVT-EBA-5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. GARY COOPER, Defendant/Petitioner.
Related Civil No.: 6:16-cv-0244-GFVT
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), a petitioner has fourteen days after service to register any objections to the Recommended Disposition or else waive his rights to appeal. In order to receive de novo review by this Court, any objection to the recommended disposition must be specific. Mira v. Marshall, 806 F.2d 636, 637 (6th Cir. 1986). A specific objection must "explain and cite specific portions of the report which [defendant] deem[s] problematic." Robert v. Tesson, 507 F.3d 981, 994 (6th Cir. 2007) (internal quotations and citations omitted). A general objection that fails to identify specific factual or legal issues from the recommendation, however, is not permitted, since it duplicates the Magistrate's efforts and wastes judicial economy. Howard v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 932 F.2d 505, 509 (6th Cir. 1991).
Mr. Cooper filed a motion for § 2255 relief on October 27, 2016. [R. 335.] However, as Judge Atkins notes, this motion is actually a second motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Mr. Cooper is, in fact, requesting a reduction of his sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. Amendment 794. He claims the Court should have considered a minor role reduction pursuant to Amendment 794 at sentencing. Amendment 794 became effective on November 1, 2015, but it is not listed in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(1) as an amendment that can be retroactively applied at resentencing. Only amendments listed in § 1B1.10(b)(1) can be applied in a § 3582(c)(2) proceeding. United States v. Goodloe, 388 F. App'x 500, 506 (6th Cir. 2010). Judge Atkins, therefore, found that § 3582(c)(2) provides him no relief.
2. Defendant Gary Cooper's Objections to the Recommended Disposition [R. 346] are OVERRULED;
3. The Magistrate Judge's Recommended Disposition [R. 344] is ADOPTED as and for the Opinion of this Court; and
4. The Defendant's Construed Motion for Resentencing under § 3582 [R. 335] is DENIED.