United States v. Edward Jones

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Edward Jones appeals the district court’s 1 denial of an 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) sentence reduction based upon Sentencing Guidelines Amendment 782, which in most cases retroactively reduced the drug quantity determination by two base offense levels. See United States v. Thomas, 775 F.3d 982, 982-83 (8th Cir. 2014); U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(d) and (e)(1).

On January 28, 2014, Jones pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B) and 846. At sentencing, the district court determined that his total offense…