United States v. Clark

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Bert Howard Clark appeals following the district court’s 1 downward amendment of his sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the retroactive amendments to the crack-cocaine guidelines. See U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2D1.1 & app. C, amends. 706, 711, & 714. We affirm.

In 2003, a jury convicted Clark of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine based on his participation in a distribution ring that operated in the Quad Cities from 1999 to 2002. The jury found him responsible for between five and fifty grams of crack cocaine. At Clark’s initial sentencing,…