Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny L. DIXON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-24
Citations: 476 F. App'x 438
Docket Number: No. 12-1848
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny L. DIXON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge and JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 476
Pages: 438–439

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny L. DIXON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-1848.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 22, 2012.
Decided Aug. 24, 2012.
Eugene L. Miller, Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Karl W. Bryning, Johanna M. Christian-sen, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Danny L. Dixon, Coleman, FL, pro se.
Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge and JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge.
This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). After examining the briefs and the rcc-ord, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f)

Opinion:
Order
Danny Dixon filed a motion for a sentence reduction after the Sentencing Commission made a retroactive change in the Guideline for crack-cocaine offenses. The district court reduced his sentence from 360 months to 348 months. He had asked the judge to cut the sentence to 324 months and has appealed from the adverse decision.
His lawyer has filed an Anders brief. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 264, 87 S.Ct. 1032, 18 L.Ed.2d 40 (1967). Counsel observes that district judges have substantial discretion to choose the amount (if any) of a reduction under a retroactive Guideline and that appellate review is deferential. The district judge concluded that a further reduction would be inappropriate because Dixon has shown contempt for the law during his time in prison. He has been disciplined for multiple offenses, including assaulting other prisoners with homemade weapons. These events, plus Dixon's extensive record before the current conviction and the fact that he became a fugitive after release on bail, led the district court to conclude that a long sentence remains necessary for both deterrence and incapacitation.
Dixon was invited to respond to counsel's brief but did not do so. We agree with counsel's evaluation of this appeal. Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and the appeal is dismissed as frivolous.