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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FILED
________________________ U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-15510 APRIL 28, 2009
Non-Argument Calendar THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 95-00307-CR-T-24-TGW
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
CHARLES SPIGNER, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(April 28, 2009)
Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Charles Spigner, Jr., appeals the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence.
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Spigner moved to reduce his sentence based on
Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines, which reduced base offense levels
applicable to crack cocaine offenses. We affirm.
“We review de novo a district court’s conclusions about the scope of its
legal authority under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).” United States v. James, 548 F.3d
983, 984 (11th Cir. 2008) (per curiam). A district court may reduce the sentence
“of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a
sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing
Commission.” 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Any reduction must be “consistent with
applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.” Id. A
sentence modification is inconsistent with the policy statements if a retroactive
amendment applies to the defendant but “does not have the effect of lowering the
defendant’s applicable guideline range because of the operation of another
guideline or statutory provision (e.g., a statutory mandatory minimum term of
imprisonment).” U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, cmt. n.1(A).
The district court correctly concluded that Spigner was ineligible for a
reduction of sentence under section 3582(c)(2). See United States v. Williams, 549
F.3d 1337, 1339–42 (11th Cir. 2008) (per curiam). Spigner was sentenced based
on a range determined by application of a statutory mandatory minimum. See
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U.S.S.G. § 5G1.1(b). Amendment 706 does not affect his sentencing range. The
district court also correctly ruled that a motion under section 3582(c)(2) is not a
vehicle to challenge the application of the enhanced statutory minimum at
Spigner’s original sentencing. United States v. Bravo, 203 F.3d 778, 781 (11th
Cir. 2000) (providing that “a sentencing adjustment undertaken pursuant to Section
3582(c)(2) does not constitute a de novo resentencing,” and that “all original
sentencing determinations remain unchanged with the sole exception of the
guideline range that has been amended since the original sentencing”) (emphasis in
original). We affirm the denial of Spigner’s motion to reduce his sentence.
AFFIRMED.
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