Case: 12-50224 Document: 00512061282 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/21/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
November 21, 2012
No. 12-50224
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
KALUB DOYLE, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 6:95-CR-104-1
Before KING, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Kalub Doyle, Jr., federal prisoner # 56795-079, seeks leave to proceed in
forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s ruling on his 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2) motion seeking modification of his sentence for possession with the
intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine. The district court granted
Doyle’s § 3582(c)(2) motion, reduced his total offense level by two levels pursuant
to Amendment 750 to the Sentencing Guidelines, and modified his sentence to
292 months of imprisonment. By moving to proceed IFP, Doyle is challenging
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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the district court’s certification decision that his appeal was not taken in good
faith because it is frivolous. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.
1997).
We review for abuse of discretion a district court’s decision whether to
reduce a sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). United States v. Evans,
587 F.3d 667, 672 (5th Cir. 2009).
Doyle argues that in granting relief under § 3582(c)(2), the district court
erred in its determination of the base offense level. He asserts that under
Amendment 750, his base offense level should have been 32 and that the district
court sentenced him using a base offense level of 34. Thus, he contends that the
district court considered the incorrect guidelines range when imposing the 292-
month sentence and seeks remand for consideration of the appropriate range.
The assertion by Doyle that the district court employed a base offense level
of 34 is incorrect. The district court calculated the guidelines range with a total
offense level of 34, which resulted from a base offense level of 32 plus the
addition of the two-level enhancement for possessing a firearm, and a Category
V criminal history score. Doyle’s 292-month sentence is within that range.
Doyle has failed to show that he will raise a nonfrivolous issue on appeal.
See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, his IFP
motion is DENIED. Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See 5TH
CIR. R. 42.2.
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