Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bradford CANNON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-28
Citations: 411 F. App'x 436
Docket Number: No. 10-1694-cr
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bradford CANNON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 411
Pages: 436–437

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bradford CANNON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-1694-cr.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Feb. 28, 2011.
Bradford Cannon, pro se (incarcerated), Lompoc, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Andrew L. Fish, Assistant United States Attorney (Preet Bharara, United States Attorney, and Katherine Polk Pailla, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Appellee.
PRESENT: JOSÉ A. CABRANES, ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DENNY CHIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
On June 21, 1996, defendant-appellant Bradford Cannon ("Cannon"), now incarcerated and pursuing this appeal pro se, pleaded guilty to one count of participating in the conduct of the affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), and one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams and more of cocaine base in the form of "crack," in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On June 2,1998, the District Court sentenced Cannon principally to a term of 240 months' imprisonment. On September 6, 2000, the District Court issued an amended judgment revising Cannon's sentence to 213 months' imprisonment in order properly to reflect time served by Cannon prior to the imposition of the original 240 month sentence. On December 23, 2008, Cannon filed a motion requesting a sentence reduction, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), based on a 2007 amendment to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1, the Guidelines section related to crack-cocaine offenses. By order entered May 5, 2009, the District Court denied Cannon's motion. We assume the parties' familiarity with the remaining factual and procedural history of the case.
We review de novo a district court's determination that a defendant is ineligible for relief under § 3582(c)(2). See United States v. Martinez, 572 F.3d 82, 84 (2d Cir.2009). On appeal, Cannon argues, inter alia, that the District Court improperly denied his motion for a sentence reduction because the amendment to the crack-cocaine Guidelines lowered his Guidelines range. He is mistaken. The District Court determined Cannon's base offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2A1.1, the Guidelines section applicable to first degree murder, not pursuant to § 2D1.1, the Guidelines section applicable to crack-cocaine offenses. Section 2D1.1 and the amendments thereto in no way affected Cannon's offense level or his resulting sentencing range; accordingly, he is not eligible for a sentence reduction based on the amendments to that section. See Martinez, 572 F.3d at 84-86.
CONCLUSION
We have considered each of Cannon's claims on appeal and find them to be without merit. The judgment of the District Court is AFFIRMED.