FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 05 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-10321
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:94-cr-00044-ECR
v.
MEMORANDUM *
ROBERT EARL JACKSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Edward C. Reed, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 13, 2010 **
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Robert Earl Jackson appeals from the district court’s order denying his
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of sentence. We have jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Jackson contends that the district court erred by failing to reduce his
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
sentence pursuant to Amendment 706 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines,
which lowered the sentencing range for offenses involving crack cocaine.
However, Amendment 706 did not lower the base offense level for crack offenses
that equal or exceed 4.5 kilograms.1 See U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(c)(1) (2008). Thus,
Jackson’s sentence is not based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been
lowered by the Sentencing Commission, as required by Section 3582(c)(2). See
United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 673 (9th Cir. 2009). Jackson’s argument
that Leniear is distinguishable because it involved the “grouping” provision of the
Guidelines is without merit. See id.
Jackson’s argument that application of Leniear improperly delegates
authority from Congress to the Sentencing Commission to define the subject-
matter jurisdiction of the federal courts is also without merit. See 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2) (conferring jurisdiction upon the district court to modify a term of
imprisonment for a defendant whose sentence was based on a range that has
subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission); see also Dillon v.
United States, 130 S. Ct. 2692 (2010).
Jackson’s request for a stay is denied.
AFFIRMED.
1
Jackson was responsible for approximately 14 kilograms of crack cocaine.
2 09-10321