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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
No. 11-16058 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Non-Argument Calendar JUNE 12, 2012
________________________ JOHN LEY
CLERK
D.C. Docket No. 5:90-cr-00003-CAR-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JERRY JEROME ANDERSON,
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllDefendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia
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(June 12, 2012)
Before MARCUS, JORDAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Jerry Jerome Anderson appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 18
U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to modify or reduce his term of imprisonment based on
Amendment 750 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. He argues that: (1) the district
court abused its discretion by denying his motion without stating its reasons for the
denial, failing to use the 2011 Sentencing Guidelines in calculating his new guideline
range, and failing to consider the factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a); and (2) a new
presentence investigation report (“PSI”) and sentencing hearing are necessary. After
thorough review, we affirm.
We review a district court’s decision whether to reduce a defendant’s sentence
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion. United States v. Brown,
332 F.3d 1341, 1343 (11th Cir. 2003). Additionally, we review de novo the district
court’s legal conclusions about the scope of its authority under the sentencing
guidelines and review its factfindings for clear error. United States v. Davis, 587
F.3d 1300, 1303 (11th Cir. 2009).
“Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), a district court has discretion to reduce the term
of imprisonment of an already incarcerated defendant when that defendant was
sentenced based on a sentencing range that was subsequently lowered by the
Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(o).” United States v. Bravo,
203 F.3d 778, 780 (11th Cir. 2000). However, § 3582(c)(2) does not grant the district
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court jurisdiction to reconsider all original sentencing determinations. Id. at 781. In
fact, “all original sentencing determinations remain unchanged with the sole
exception of the guideline range that has been amended since the original
sentencing.” Id. Moreover, the district court may not modify an imposed term of
imprisonment upon a § 3582(c)(2) motion unless the defendant’s sentencing range
was subsequently lowered by an amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines. U.S.S.G.
§ 1B1.10(a)(2)(B).
Amendment 750 became effective on November 1, 2011, and is, in relevant
part to Anderson’s claim, retroactively applicable. U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(c); U.S.S.G.
App. C, Amend. 750. The multi-part amendment re-promulgated as permanent the
temporary, emergency amendment that implemented the emergency directive in
section 8 of the Fair Sentencing Act of August 3, 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-220, 124
Stat. 2372. U.S.S.G. App. C, Amend. 750, Reason for Amendment. Amongst other
things, the amendment raised the amount of crack cocaine necessary under U.S.S.G.
§ 2D1.1(c) to receive a base offense level of 38 from 4.5 kilograms to 8.4 kilograms.
U.S.S.G. App. C, Amends. 748, 750.
The record before us reveals that the district court did in fact provide its reason
for denying Anderson’s motion by saying that Amendment 750 “did not effectively
reduce the defendant’s guideline range.” And indeed, the district court properly
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determined that, despite the amendment to the Sentencing Guidelines, Anderson’s
guideline range remained unchanged. Although Amendment 750 raised the minimum
amount of crack cocaine necessary to receive a base offense level of 38 from 4.5
kilograms to 8.4 kilograms, the amendment did not affect Anderson’s base offense
level of 38 because, as the court had previously found, Anderson’s convictions
involved 15 kilograms or more of crack cocaine, which fell above the amended
minimum of 8.4 kilograms. See U.S.S.G. App. C, Amend. 750, Reason for
Amendment. Since Anderson’s base offense level remained at 38 -- plus 4 points
pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2D1.5(a)(1) because he was convicted of operating a
continuing criminal enterprise, resulting in a total offense level of 42 -- along with
a criminal history category of III, the court correctly found that his guideline range
remained unchanged at 360 months’ to life imprisonment. See U.S.S.G. Sentencing
Table.
Nor did the district court err by failing to consider the factors under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a), because the court was only required to analyze those factors if it
determined that Amendment 750 had the effect of lowering Anderson’s guideline
range, which it did not. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2); U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B).
Finally, to the extent that the district court denied Anderson’s request for a new
PSI, Anderson has not shown that such denial was in error. Despite his conclusory
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allegation that a new PSI and sentencing hearing are necessary due to “facts and
arguments not considered in the original sentence that are crucial to the new
sentencing scheme,” he fails to describe these facts and arguments or even establish
that they exist. Further, Anderson was not entitled to a new PSI or sentencing hearing
because, when modifying a sentence under § 3582(c)(2), all original sentencing
determinations remain unchanged save the amended guideline range, which the court
was able to calculate without a new PSI or sentencing hearing. Bravo, 203 F.3d at
781.1
AFFIRMED.
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What’s more, Anderson never requested a new sentencing hearing in the district court,
and he has not shown that the court’s failure to grant such a hearing sua sponte was in error,
much less plain error. See United States v. Moreno, 421 F.3d 1217, 1220 (11th Cir. 2005)
(holding that, when a defendant fails to raise an error in district court, we may not correct the
error unless it is plain, affects substantial rights, and seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or
public reputation of judicial proceedings).
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