United States v. Blackmon

The district court reduced Derrick D. Blackmon’s sentence from 200 months to 162 months, after Amendment 706 to the Sentencing Guidelines. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The government appeals, arguing that the original sentence was based on his career offender range under section 4B1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines; this range was not lowered by Amendment 706; and thus he is not eligible for a sentence reduction under section 3582(c)(2). See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, comment. (n.l(A)) (eligibility for consideration under section 3582(c)(2) is triggered only by an amendment that lowers the applicable…