Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago CURIEL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-02-03
Citations: 364 F. App'x 346
Docket Number: No. 08-50445
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago CURIEL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 364
Pages: 346–346

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago CURIEL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-50445.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 17, 2009 .
Filed Feb. 3, 2010.
Nili T. Moghaddam, Assistant U.S., Michael J. Raphael, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Mark A. Williams, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kenneth M. Stern, Esquire, Law Offices of Kenneth M. Stern, Woodland Hills, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: ALARCÓN, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Santiago Curiel appeals from the district court's order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a reduction of sentence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Curiel contends that the district court erred in denying his motion because it had authority to relieve him of his career offender status and then resentence him pursuant to the retroactive amendments to the crack cocaine Sentencing Guidelines. The district court did not err in rejecting these arguments. See United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 673 (9th Cir.2009); see also United States v. Wesson, 583 F.3d 728, 731 (9th Cir.2009).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.