Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel James WHEAT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-26
Citations: 372 F. App'x 715
Docket Number: No. 09-30005
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel James WHEAT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 372
Pages: 715–715

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel James WHEAT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-30005.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 16, 2010.
Filed March 26, 2010.
Aine Ahmed, Assistant U.S., USSP-Of-fice of the U.S. Attorney, Spokane, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Daniel James Wheat, Beaumont, TX, pro se.
Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, 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
Daniel James Wheat appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of sentence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The government contends that the plain language of Wheat's plea agreement precludes this appeal. Wheat is not appealing the sentence imposed, but rather the district court's conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction to modify his sentence. Therefore we may reach the merits. See United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir.2009).
Wheat contends that Amendment 706 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, retroactively amending U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 with respect to offenses involving crack cocaine, authorizes the district court to resentence him. The district court did not err by concluding that it lacked jurisdiction pursuant to § 3582(c)(2) to modify Wheat's sentence, as he would have been subject to the same sentencing range had Amendment 706 been in place at the time he was sentenced. See U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 (2007) (providing that the career offender base offense level applies where it is greater than the applicable base offense level under § 2D1.1). Thus, Wheat's "sentence is not 'based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission,' as required by § 3582(c)(2)." See Leniear, 574 F.3d at 673 (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)); 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 9th Cir. R. 36-3.