United States v. James A. McGee ( 2015 )

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 15-11716
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 0:93-cr-06104-DTKH-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JAMES A. MCGEE,
a.k.a. James Allen McGee,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(December 2, 2015)
Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Case: 15-11716 Date Filed: 12/02/2015 Page: 2 of 2
James McGee appeals the denial of his motion to reduce his sentence. 18
U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). McGee sought a reduction based on Amendment 782 to the
Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied McGee’s
motion because Amendment 782 did not alter his sentencing range. At sentencing,
the district court found, over McGee’s objection, that he was responsible for
17,593 grams of ephedrine that could be used to produce 16.18 kilograms of pure
methamphetamine. See U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(a)(3)(C)(1). Based on that drug quantity,
McGee was ineligible for a sentence reduction because his base offense level
remained unchanged. Id. § 2D1.1(c)(1) (assigning a base offense level of 38 for
cases involving 4.5 kilograms or more of methamphetamine). McGee argues that
he was entitled to an evidentiary hearing to challenge the amount of
methamphetamine attributed to him, but the district court could not disturb its
earlier finding about drug quantity when considering McGee’s motion to reduce.
See United States v. Bravo, 203 F.3d 778, 780 (11th Cir. 2000). Because McGee
was ineligible for a reduction of his sentence, the district court lacked the authority
to consider the statutory sentencing factors or to exercise its discretion to impose a
new sentence. Id. at 781.
We AFFIRM the denial of McGee’s motion to reduce his sentence.
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