Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cesar Israel Sierra GUTIERREZ, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-10-09
Citations: 47 F. App'x 794
Docket Number: No. 02-1028
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cesar Israel Sierra GUTIERREZ, Appellant.
Judges: Before MCMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 47
Pages: 794–794

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cesar Israel Sierra GUTIERREZ, Appellant.
No. 02-1028.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 4, 2002.
Decided Oct. 9, 2002.
Before MCMILLIAN, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In 1999, Cesar Israel Sierra Gutierrez pleaded guilty to reentering the United States illegally as a deported alien, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1326. Applying U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A) (Nov. 1, 1998) (sixteen-level increase for defendant previously convicted for aggravated felony), the district court sentenced Gutierrez to seventy-eight months imprisonment and two years supervised release.
Effective November 1, 2001, the Sentencing Commission promulgated Guidelines Amendment 632, which revamped section 2L1.2(b)'s aggravated-felony enhancement to provide for an increase of eight to sixteen levels according to the seriousness of the earlier aggravated felony. See U.S.S.G.App. C at 224-25; U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b) (Nov. 1, 2001). In response, Gutierrez filed a pro se motion to modify his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), arguing Amendment 632 had lowered the authorized term of imprisonment. The district court denied the motion. Gutierrez appeals, and we affirm.
Under section 3582(c)(2), a court may reduce a previously imposed sentence when the Sentencing Commission has lowered the applicable sentencing range "if such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission." The relevant policy statement, section 1B1.10(a), states that a reduction under section 3582(c)(2) is not consistent with the policy statement if "none of the amendments listed in subsection (c)" applies. Amendment 632 is not listed in subsection (c), thus Gutierrez is not entitled to relief. See Delgado v. United States, 162 F.3d 981, 983 (8th Cir.1998) (amendment not listed in § 1B1.10(c) may not be applied to reduce sentence).
Accordingly, we affirm.