UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Criminal Case No. 08-0092 (RJL)
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GLORIA GONZALEZ PAZ, )
) FILED
Defendant. )
MAY 0 7 2009
MEMO~U~~RDER NANCY MAYER WHlT flNGTON, CLERK
(~ay~,2009) [#24] u.s ']IS.TS:CT CQIJRT
Before the Court is Defendant Gloria Gonzalez Paz's pro se motion for a reduction
in sentence pursuant to 18 U,S,C, § 3582(c)(2), In ~ay 2008, Paz pled guilty to one
count of bribery in violation of 18 U,S.C. § 20 1(b)(1)(A). In August 2008, this Court
sentenced her to 24 months' imprisonment and 36 months' supervised release, a sentence
at the bottom of the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range. Paz moves for a sentence
reduction, arguing that the Court treated the Guidelines as mandatory and that recent
amendments to the Guidelines for crack offenses gives the Court discretion to reduce her
sentence, see United States Sentencing Guidelines, Appendix C (Amendment 706).
However, the Court did not treat the Guidelines as mandatory, and the Guideline
amendments implicate only individuals convicted of crack offenses, not bribery. Paz's
sentence is therefore unaffected by the recent amendments. U.S.S.G. § IB1.1O(a)(2).
For these reasons, it is, this -f9- day of May, 2009, hereby
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ORDERED that the defendant's motions for a sentence reduction [#24] is
DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
RICHARD 1. E N
United States District Judge