United States v. Kelvin Settle

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 03-1339 ___________ United States of America, * * Appellee, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Eastern v. * District of Missouri. * Kelvin Settle, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * ___________ Submitted: November 28, 2003 Filed: December 3, 2003 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Kelvin Settle, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s* order denying Settle's 18 U.S.C. § 3852(c)(2) sentence-reduction motion in which he sought retroactive application of Amendments 624 and 640 under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10. On appeal, Settle also asks this court to take notice of Amendment 599. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the district court did not commit error. A court may not grant a section 3582(c)(2) motion unless a reduction would be consistent with the * The Honorable Catherine D. Perry, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. applicable policy statements found in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, and section 1B1.10 does not permit retroactive application of Amendments 624 and 640 in a section 3582(c)(2) proceeding. Cf. United States v. Dowty, 996 F.2d 937, 938-39 (8th Cir. 1993) (per curiam) (amendment to U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b) could not be applied retroactively in § 3582(c)(2) proceeding when amendment was not listed in § 1B1.10(c)). Amendment 599 does not help Settle because it deals with relevant conduct in cases where the defendant is charged with a separate weapon offense, which did not occur in Settle’s case. We affirm the district court and deny Settle's pending motions. ______________________________ -2-