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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-11719
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:10-cr-20879-FAM-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
WILSON ANTONIO CHAVERRA GONZALEZ,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(August 26, 2016)
Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Wilson Antonio Chaverra Gonzalez appeals pro se the denial of his motion
to reduce his sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3583(c)(2), under Amendment 782 of the
Sentencing Guidelines. Gonzalez argues that the district court erroneously
determined that it lacked the authority to reduce his sentence because his sentence
had been reduced earlier based on a motion to reduce for substantial assistance
filed by the government, Fed. R. Crim. P. 35. He also argues that the district court
abused its discretion because it failed to weigh the relevant sentencing factors, 18
U.S.C. § 3553(a), in denying his motion. We affirm.
We review a denial of a motion to reduce a sentence under section 3582(c)
de novo. United States v. Webb, 565 F.3d 789, 792 (11th Cir. 2009). And we may
affirm on any ground supported by the record. United States v. Acuna-Reyna, 677
F.3d 1282, 1284 (11th Cir. 2012).
A district court may reduce the sentence of a prisoner who was sentenced to
a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has been lowered by the
Sentencing Commission. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Where an amendment does not
lower a prisoner’s applicable guideline range, section 3582(c) affords the prisoner
no relief. Id.; U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B).
Although, as the government concedes, the district court erred when it
determined that it lacked the authority to reduce Gonzalez’s sentence because his
sentence had been reduced earlier under Rule 35 for substantial assistance, see
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U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2)(B), (c), we affirm the denial of Gonzalez’s motion
because he is ineligible to have his sentence reduced under section 3582(c).
Gonzalez was held accountable at sentencing for 911 kilograms of cocaine, which
still results in a base offense level of 38. Amendment 782 did not lower his
guideline range.
AFFIRMED.
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