IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
October 20, 2009
No. 08-41312
Conference Calendar Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
JOE THOMAS TUCKER,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 6:91-CR-30-1
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Joe Thomas Tucker
raises arguments that are foreclosed by United States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235,
236-39 (5th Cir. 2009), petition for cert. filed (Sept. 21, 2009) (No. 09-6657),
which rejected the argument that United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
applies in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) proceedings and held that a district court may
not reduce a sentence below the minimum provided in the amended Guidelines.
*
Pursuant to 5 TH C IR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion
should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR. R. 47.5.4.
No. 08-41312
The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the
judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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