Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael PHILLIPS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-31
Citations: 329 F. App'x 638
Docket Number: No. 08-4231
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael PHILLIPS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: BEFORE: COLE and COOK, Circuit Judges; and COHN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 329
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael PHILLIPS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-4231.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
July 31, 2009.
Blas E. Serrano, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Andy P. Hart, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Toledo, OH, for Defendant-Appellant.
BEFORE: COLE and COOK, Circuit Judges; and COHN, District Judge.
The Honorable Avern Cohn, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a criminal case. Defendant-appellant, Michael Phillips ("Phillips"), appeals from a district court order denying his motion for sentence modification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Phillips' motion is based on Amendment 706 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which — together with Amendment 713— retroactively reduces by two points the base offense levels applicable to crack cocaine offenses. The district court denied Phillips' motion, concluding that because he was sentenced as a career offender, he is ineligible for relief.
On appeal, Phillips argues that the district court erroneously concluded that career offenders are ineligible for sentence modifications under § 3582(c)(2).
On July 14, 2009, this Court determined that defendants who are sentenced as career offenders are ineligible for sentence modifications based on Amendment 706 to the Guidelines. See United States v. Perddue, 572 F.3d 288 (6th Cir.2009). Perdue is directly on point and forecloses Phillips' argument.
Accordingly, the order of the district court is AFFIRMED.
. Title 18, § 3582(c)(2) reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(o), . the court may reduce the term of imprisonment . if such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.