Case: 08-10615 Document: 00511287469 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/08/2010
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
November 8, 2010
No. 08-10615
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
BURVON KING, also known as Chocolate,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:92-CR-141-16
Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Burvon King, federal prisoner # 21029-077, appeals the district court’s
denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his 360-month sentence for
conspiracy to distribute cocaine base. King contends that the district court erred
in denying his § 3582(c)(2) motion; that after United States v. Booker, 543 U.S.
220 (2005), Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007), and Kimbrough v. United
States, 552 U.S. 85 (2007), the district court should have reconsidered the
amount of cocaine base attributable to him, recalculated his advisory guideline
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR . R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .
R. 47.5.4.
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range, and imposed a sentence after consideration of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
factors; that the district court should not interpret U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 to limit its
ability to resentence him; and that a 30-year sentence is too harsh and
unreasonable because he is a nonviolent offender.
We review the district court’s decision for an abuse of discretion. United
States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 672 (5th Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 3462
(2010). Because King’s offense involved more than 4.5 kilograms of crack
cocaine, the retroactive crack cocaine amendment did not lower his guidelines
range, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to reduce his
sentence. See § 3582(c)(2); U.S.S.G. §§ 1B1.10, comment. (n.1A) and 2D1.1.
Moreover, the Supreme Court’s decision in Booker does not apply to sentence
reductions under § 3582(c)(2) because such proceedings are not full
resentencings. Dillon v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2683, 2691-94 (2010); United
States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235, 238-39 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 517
(2009). King’s argument based on Booker and its progeny is therefore
unavailing.
AFFIRMED.
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