Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Patrick FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-04-20
Citations: 376 F. App'x 367
Docket Number: No. 09-30239
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Patrick FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 376
Pages: 367–367

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Patrick FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-30239
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 20, 2010.
Catherine M. Maraist, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Ap-pellee.
Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before SMITH, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Patrick Franklin, federal prisoner # 02736-095, appeals the district court's grant of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence based on the amendments to the crack cocaine Guideline. Franklin argues that the limited reduction of only 12 months was an abuse of discretion. He also argues that the district court failed to indicate that it had considered the applicable sentencing factors.
We review a district court's decision to reduce a sentence for an abuse of discretion, and its interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines is reviewed de novo. United States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235, 237 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 517, 175 L.Ed.2d 366 (2009). Franklin's contentions are foreclosed by United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667 (5th Cir.2009), petition for cert. filed (Jan. 28, 2010) (No. 09-8939). As we stated in Evans, a district court is under no obligation to reduce the sentence at all or to reduce it even further within the recalculated range. Id. at 673. To the extent that Franklin is asserting that the district court did not sufficiently explain its reasons for the reduced sentence, Evans also forecloses such an argument. See id. at 674.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.