United States v. Kenneth Donnell Watkins

Case: 15-13274 Date Filed: 04/20/2016 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-13274 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C.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. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama ________________________ (April 20, 2016) Before HULL, MARCUS, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges. Case: 15-13274 Date Filed: 04/20/2016 Page: 2 of 2 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. * United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S. Ct. 738, 160 L. Ed.2d 621 (2005).