United States v. Franklin Brown

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Franklin Brown seeks to reduce his 292-month drug-distribution sentence based on the retroactive application of Amendment 782 to the federal sentencing guidelines. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c). The district court denied the motion, determining that Brown’s .offense level was unaffected by the amendment. We affirm.

Between 2003 and 2008, Brown purchased and distributed millions of dollar’s worth of cocaine in the Chicago area. United States v. Brown, 726 F.3d 993, 995 (7th Cir. 2013). He eventually was arrested by federal authorities and convicted by a jury of conspiring to…