Opinion ID: 4239837
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Heading: Failure to credit for substantial assistance

Text: Hatley argues the district court did not credit him for substantial assistance after granting the Government’s Section 5K1.1 motion, and even if it did, he did not receive the proper credit because the Guidelines range was incorrectly calculated. Because Hatley did not preserve this error, we review for plain error. Hatley’s offense level in the PSR was 26 and his resulting Guidelines range was 63–72 months. After the district court granted the Government’s Section 5K1.1 motion for a seven-level reduction, the new Guidelines range 15 Case: 17-30288 Document: 00514324698 Page: 16 Date Filed: 01/26/2018 No. 17-30288 was 30–37 months. Hatley’s sentence of 36 months was within the Guidelines range as modified by granting the Government’s motion. Even though the district court did not explicitly state the result of granting the Section 5K1.1 motion during sentencing, the district court’s written reasons reflect the credit. The district court did not err because the Section 5K1.1 motion was granted and credited to Hatley’s sentence.