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Timestamp: 2016-12-10 18:29:29
Document Index: 601957786

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3582', '§1', '§1', '§ 841', '§ 3582', '§ 3582', '§ 3582', '§1']

| United States v. Perez-Abarca
United States v. Perez-Abarca
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,v.ANGEL PEREZ-ABARCA, Defendant.
This matter comes before the court on the defendant's motion to reduce sentence (docket no. 294). The defendant filed such motion on March 9, 2015.[1]
Here, the court is unable to rely on Amendment 782 (subject to subsection (e)(1)) to reduce the defendant's sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and USSG §1B1.10. See generally United States v. Curry, 584 F.3d 1102, 1104 (8th Cir. 2009) (discussing United States v. Wyatt, 115 F.3d 606, 608-09 (8th Cir. 1997)) (explaining requirements under USSG §1B1.10(b)). Because the defendant is subject to a statutorily required mandatory minimum sentence, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), the defendant is not entitled to a reduction of his sentence. Cf. United States v. Bowman, 507 F.Appx. 623, 624 (8th Cir. 2013) (concluding that statutory mandatory minimum applied and, consequently, defendant could not rely on Amendment 750 to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)); United States v. Peters, 524 F.3d 905, 906-07 (8th Cir. 2008) (concluding that statutory mandatory minimum applied, and, consequently, defendant could not rely on Amendment 706 to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)); United States v. Jones, 523 F.3d 881, 882 (8th Cir. 2008) (same); see also United States v. Byers, 561 F.3d 825, 829-32 (8th Cir. 2009) (making clear that statutory mandatory minimum sentence must be taken into consideration).
Because a reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and USSG §1B1.10 is not justified, the defendant's motion to reduce sentence (docket no. 294) is denied. The clerk's office is directed to send a copy of this order to the defendant, the office of the Federal Public Defender, the office of the United States Attorney and the office of United States Probation.