United States v. Eladio Marroquin-Medina

HULL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Eladio Marroquin-Medina appeals the district court’s order ruling on his motion for a sentence reduction.pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. Marroquin-Medina’s original 72-month sentence represented a downward departure from his advisory guidelines range of 87 to 108 months based on his substantial assistance to the government. The district court applied a 3-level reduction in Marro-quin-Medina’s offense level in making this downward departure.

In Marroquin-Medina’s subsequent § 3582(c)(2) proceedings, the district…