United States v. Buckley

ORDER

This appeal is from the denial of a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduced sentence. Alvin Buckley had pleaded guilty in 2010 to possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, and several months later the Sentencing Commission retroactively lowered the base offense level for his drug offense. That revision did not benefit Buckley, however, because his plea agreement is governed by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) and required the district court to impose the negotiated prison sentence of 204 months. The court accepted the plea agreement and imposed that…