United States v. Matthew Otis Charles

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Matthew Charles moved for and received a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2). The government appealed, and we reversed, instructing the district court to enter an order rejecting Charles' § 3582(c)(2) motion. The court did just that and reimposed Charles' original sentence. Because the district court did not err in following these directions, we affirm.

A jury convicted Charles on drug and weapons charges in 1996. He received a sentence of 35 years. After making several collateral attacks on his conviction and sentence, all fruitless, Charles moved…