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[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-13274
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:10-cr-00101-KD-C-2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
KENNETH DONNELL WATKINS,
a.k.a. Dino Watkins,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Alabama
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(April 20, 2016)
Before HULL, MARCUS, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM:
Kenneth Watkins, proceeding with the assistance of counsel, appeals from
the district court’s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his
sentence based on Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district
court did not err in concluding that he was ineligible for a sentence reduction,
because his below-guideline 84-month sentence -- which resulted from a
downward variance and not from a government motion for substantial assistance --
was below his amended guideline range. Moreover, Watkins’s argument that the
policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2) violates the remedial goals of Booker *
is foreclosed by precedent. See Dillon v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2683 (2010).
For background, see United States v. Colon, 707 F.3d 1255 (11th Cir. 2013).
AFFIRMED.
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United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S. Ct. 738, 160 L. Ed.2d 621 (2005).