United States v. Kimberly Taylor

MERRITT, J. (pg. 252), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

*249OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Kimberly Taylor appeals the district court’s denial of her motion for reconsideration of a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) and Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. Taylor was eligible for a sentence reduction pursuant to the new drug offense levels established by Amendment 782, and the district court reduced her sentence 19 percent below her amended guidelines range to account for the substantial assistance departure she received as part of her original below-guidelines…