Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mara Lee GREENOUGH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-11-11
Citations: 670 F. App'x 332
Docket Number: No. 15-51060 Summary Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mara Lee GREENOUGH, Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 670
Pages: 332–333

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Mara Lee GREENOUGH, Defendant-Appellant
No. 15-51060 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Date Filed: 11/11/2016
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Kristin L. Davidson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, Michael Robert Hardy, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant
Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Mara Lee Greenough, federal prisoner #03659-025, appeals the district court's denial of her 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of her sentence for two counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin. Greenough argues that the district court abused its discretion by denying her § 3582(c)(2) motion and maintains that she was eligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. According to Greenough, the district court should have granted her a reduction because she has been sober for almost six years, she has taken steps to improve herself while in prison, and she has no serious disciplinary infractions. She asserts that the district court placed excessive weight on her unscored convictions, her lengthy criminal history, and a finding that she supplied heroin that resulted in an individual's death.
The district court had before it Gree-nough's arguments in favor of a sentence reduction; the original and reduced guidelines ranges; documents related to Gree-nough's behavior, education, and training while incarcerated; her criminal history; and testimony from the original sentencing hearing that she regularly sold heroin to a high schooler. The district court found that Greenough was eligible for a reduction but denied her motion as a matter of discretion, specifically citing the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors of protection of the public and deterrence and explain ing that a reduction was not warranted in light of her underrepresented criminal history, her release and subsequent return to prison, and her supplying heroin that resulted in death. Given the foregoing, Gree-nough has not shown that the district court abused its discretion by denying the motion. See Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 826-27, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010); United States v. Smith, 595 F.3d 1322, 1323 (5th Cir. 2010).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that their opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.