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Timestamp: 2016-12-04 18:21:22
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3582', '§ 3582', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 1']

| United States v. Beecham
United States v. Beecham
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,v.SAMANTHA J. BEECHAM.
This criminal case is before the court on the defendant's pro se motion for sentence reduction [doc. 446], which has been rendered moot by the supplemental motion for sentence reduction filed by counsel [doc. 461]. Through counsel, the defendant asks the court to resentence her pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and in accordance with Amendments 782 and 788 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual ("U.S.S.G."). The government has responded [doc. 464], deferring to the court's discretion whether and to what extent to grant any such reduction, subject to the limitations of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10.
By judgment dated February 21, 2012, this court sentenced the defendant to a term of imprisonment of 80 months as to Count One (conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine). The defendant's guideline range was 92 to 115 months (total offense level 23, criminal history category VI), and the statute of conviction carried a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 months. Prior to sentencing, the United States filed a motion for downward departure pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 which the court granted in imposing the 80-month sentence, a reduction of 13 percent from the bottom of the guideline range. According to the Bureau of Prisons, the defendant is presently scheduled for release on February 28, 2017.
Applying Amendment 782, the defendant's new guideline range is 77 to 96 months, based on a total offense level of 21 and a criminal history category of VI. Thus, the defendant was originally sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission.
For the reasons stated herein, the defendant's pro se motion [doc. 446] is DENIED AS MOOT, and the defendant's motion filed through counsel [doc. 461] is GRANTED. The defendant's term of imprisonment is reduced to 67 months, which is a corresponding 13 percent substantial assistance reduction from the bottom of her new guideline range. If this sentence is less than the amount of time the defendant has already served, the sentence shall instead be reduced to "time served." See id. § 1B1.10(b)(2)(C). Except as provided above, all provisions of the judgment dated February 21, 2012, shall remain in effect. The effective date of this order is November 2, 2015. See id. § 1B1.10(e)(1).