Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis JAMES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-01-20
Citations: 555 F.3d 563
Docket Number: No. 05-1411
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, and ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 555
Pages: 563–563

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-1411.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Jan. 20, 2009.
Timothy A. Bass, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jonathan E. Hawley, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, and ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Upon consideration of the APPELLANT'S MOTION URGING REMAND, which this court construed as a PETITION FOR REHEARING, filed on November 25, 2008, by the pro se appellant,
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for rehearing is DENIED. Appellant Louis James was sentenced as a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. Therefore, Kimbrough v. United States, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007), does not apply to him because his applicable guidelines range was driven entirely by his career-offender status and the amendment to the crack cocaine guidelines does not have the effect of lowering his applicable guideline range. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, cmt. n. 1(A); United States v. Liddell, 543 F.3d 877, 882 n. 3 (7th Cir.2008); United States v. Sharkey, 543 F.3d 1236, 1239 (10th Cir.2008); United States v. Moore, 541 F.3d 1323, 1327-28 (11th Cir.2008); United States v. Thomas, 524 F.3d 889, 890 (8th Cir.2008).