United States v. Burnette

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant Mark Burnette’s motion to reduce his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The government opposes Mr. Burnette’s motion. 1 For the reasons stated below, the Court agrees with the government that it would be inappropriate to exercise its discretion to reduce Mr. Burnette’s sentence.

On February 3, 2006, Mr. Burnette pled guilty to one count of unlawful possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, also known as crack cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On August 18,…