Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Autry James FOSTER, a.k.a. Archie Foster, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-07
Citations: 322 F. App'x 784
Docket Number: No. 08-11645
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Autry James FOSTER, a.k.a. Archie Foster, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BLACK, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 322
Pages: 784–785

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Autry James FOSTER, a.k.a. Archie Foster, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-11645
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 7, 2009.
Autry James Foster, Atlanta, GA, pro se.
Lisa Wilson Tarvin, John Andrew Horn, U.S. Attorney Office, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BLACK, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Autry James Foster appeals the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The district court ruled that Foster was ineligible for relief under Amendment 706 because he was sentenced as a career offender. We affirm.
The district court did not err by denying Foster's motion. Foster argues that the district court was entitled to reduce his sentence because the base offense level for his underlying crack cocaine offenses has been altered by Amendment 706, but his argument is foreclosed by our decision in United States v. Moore, 541 F.3d 1323, 1330 (11th Cir.2008), because Foster was sentenced as a career offender. Foster also argues that the district court had discretion to reduce his sentence below the amended range under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), but Booker cannot be used as an independent basis to reduce a sentence. See United States v. Jones, 548 F.3d 1366, 1369 (11th Cir.2008).
The denial of Foster's motion for a reduced sentence is AFFIRMED.