United States v. Butler

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

After the Sentencing Commission lowered the base offense levels for certain drug crimes, see U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (U.S.S.G.) app. C, amend. 782 (Supp.2014), federal prisoner Arnold Butler asked the district court to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). But as the district court said in denying that request, Mr. Butler isn’t eligible for such a reduction because he’s a career offender whose sentence derives from a different and unchanged part of the sentencing guidelines. See U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.l(b). Mr. Butler appeals…