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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JUNE 4, 2009
No. 08-12111 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 04-00102-CR-T-27-MAP
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
CURTIS MCAFFEE,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(June 4, 2009)
Before BARKETT, MARCUS, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Curtis McAffee, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of his
motion for a reduced sentence, filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), and based
on Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines which reduced the base offense
levels applicable to crack cocaine offenses. McAffee argues that the district court
erred in denying his § 3582(c)(2) motion, despite his career-offender designation,
because Amendment 706 does not specify that career offenders are ineligible for a
sentence reduction. He asserts that the district court departed downward at
sentencing based on his criminal history category over-representing his criminal
history, and the additional reduction to his offense level for acceptance of
responsibility did not preclude him from being eligible for a reduction under
Amendment 706. Further, McAffee submits that (1) under United States v.
Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), the Sentencing
Guidelines are advisory in all contexts, (2) under Kimbrough v. United States, 552
U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007), the court should have considered
the crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity, and (3) the court should have
considered his post-sentencing achievements.
In the instant case, McAffee’s sentencing range was determined by his
career-offender offense level under § 4B1.1, and his crack cocaine base offense
level played no role in his ultimate sentence. Because Amendment 706 only
affects base offense levels in § 2D1.1, it would not reduce McAffee’s sentencing
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range, and he was ineligible for relief under Amendment 706. See United States v.
Moore, 541 F.3d 1323, 1327-28, 1330 (11th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, McFadden v.
United States, 129 S. Ct. 965 (2009), and cert. denied, (U.S. Mar. 9, 2009) (No. 08-
8554); U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, comment. (n.1(A)) (prohibiting reduction where
“amendment does not have the effect of lowering the defendant’s applicable
guideline range because of the operation of another guideline”).1
Accordingly, we affirm.
AFFIRMED.
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We also find no merit to McAfee's other arguments. The sentencing court did not
depart downward based on his criminal history category over-representing his criminal history.
Further, McAffee's arguments that he should receive a sentence reduction under Booker and
Kimbrough are foreclosed by precedent. See United States v. Melvin, 556 F.3d 1190, 1192-93
(11th Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. Feb. 10, 2009) (No. 08-8664) (holding that Booker
and Kimbrough apply to original sentencing proceedings and do "not address motions to reduce
a sentence under § 3582(c)(2)").
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