Opinion ID: 2788773
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Heading: First Motion for Sentence Reduction

Text: In 2008, Davis moved for reduction of his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), based on Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which lowered the base-offense level, when convicted defendants are found responsible for more than 1.5 but fewer than 4.5 kilograms of cocaine base. See U.S.S.G. App. C, amends. 706, 711, 713 (Supp. Mar. 3, 2008). The district judge denied his motion. The judge reasoned Amendment 706 did not lower Davis’s offense level, because his PSI showed Davis had participated in a conspiracy that involved considerably more than 4.5 kilograms of crack cocaine. The judge further explained that he had adopted the factual findings in the PSI regarding drug amounts. In affirming the denial of Davis’s § 3582(c)(2) motion, we explained he was deemed to have admitted for sentencing purposes all facts in the PSI to which he did not object. United States v. Davis, 587 F.3d 1300, 1303-04 (11th Cir. 2009). Amendment 706 did not lower Davis’s base-offense level, because the facts in the PSI established that he was responsible for in excess of 4.5 kilograms of crack cocaine: By adopting the factual findings in the PSI that were deemed admitted by Davis when he failed to object to them, the sentencing court found Davis responsible for over eight kilograms of cocaine base. As the district court had already found Davis responsible for well over the 4.5 kilograms of cocaine base currently required to 3 Case: 13-15962 Date Filed: 03/24/2015 Page: 4 of 8 score Davis’s original base offense level of 38, Davis was not eligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 706. Id. at 1304.