United States v. Raul Mercado-Moreno

OPINION

TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Raul Mercado-Moreno appeals the district court’s denial of his mo tion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Defendant led and managed a large-scale methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution enterprise in Eastern California from 2000 until 2004. In 2006, Defendant pled guilty to conspiring to manufacture and distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. At sentencing, the court found that Defendant distributed 4.2 kilograms of actual methamphetamine during the course of the conspiracy. Because the threshold to trigger the maximum…