Case Name: Carlos GUTIERREZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-24
Citations: 177 F. App'x 510
Docket Number: No. 05-2957
Parties: Carlos GUTIERREZ, Petitioner—Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 177
Pages: 510–511

Head Matter:
Carlos GUTIERREZ, Petitioner—Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 05-2957.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 18, 2006.
Filed: April 24, 2006.
Carlos Gutierrez, Adelanto, CA, pro se.
Keith M. Ellison, Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner—Appellant.
Nathan P. Petterson, Allison Elizabeth Vander Vort, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent—Appellee.
Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Carlos Gutierrez was convicted after a jury trial of four drug offenses and was sentenced to 360 months. His convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. See United States v. Gutierrez, 367 F.3d 733 (8th Cir.2004). Subsequent to his sentencing the United States Supreme Court decided Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) , and by this motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Gutierrez seeks their application to his sentence. The district court denied relief but granted a certificate of appealability. Since Blakely and Booker do not apply retroactively, Gutierrez is not entitled to the ruling he seeks. See Never Misses A Shot v. United States, 413 F.3d 781 (8th Cir.2005) (per curiam). Accordingly, we affirm the judgement of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.