United States v. Jason Beckham

OPINION

COOK, Circuit Judge.

The United States Sentencing Commission occasionally amends the Sentencing Guidelines and must decide whether, and to what extent, defendants sentenced under the old Guidelines may benefit from the change. In 2011, the Commission revised the Guidelines Manual (“U.S.S.G.”) to generally prohibit district courts from reducing a sentence below a defendant’s amended Guidelines range. Appellant Jason Beckham moved to modify his sentence when the Commission reduced the Guidelines for most drug offenses in 2014. But because his current sentence is below his amended…