United States v. Keifer Thomas

Keifer Dewayne Thomas appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion for a reduction of his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on Amendment 706 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual (USSG), which reduced the base offense levels in USSG § 2Dl.l(c) based on the quantity of cocaine base (crack).

A career offender’s base offense level is determined under USSG § 4B1.1 based on the statutory maximum sentence applicable to the defendant’s present offense of conviction when that offense level is higher than the offense level resulting from the otherwise applicable…