Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce Edward JIMERSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-20
Citations: 479 F. App'x 804
Docket Number: No. 12-10007
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce Edward JIMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 479
Pages: 804–805

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bruce Edward JIMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-10007.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 20, 2012.
Gregory A. Brower, U.S., Robert Lawrence Ellman, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Peter Stuart Levitt, Esquire, Assistant U.S., USLV-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jason F. Carr, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Bruce Edward Jimerson appeals from the district court's order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of sentence based on the retroactive amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines that lowered penalties for crack cocaine offenses. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Jimerson contends that the district court violated his right to due process by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing before denying a sentence reduction. The district court acted within its discretion when it denied Jimerson a sentence reduction based on numerous instances of prison misconduct and public safety concerns. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 cmt. n. 1(B); United States v. Lightfoot, 626 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir.2010). The court did not violate Jimerson's due process rights by declining to conduct an evidentiary hearing concerning his prison misconduct, where Jimerson admitted to the misconduct in his section 3582(c)(2) motion.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.