Opinion
4:04CR3016.
August 19, 2008
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Since the defendant was sentenced as a career offender, and his sentencing range was therefore determined by the Guidelines' career offender provision, he is not categorically eligible for a reduction in his sentence under an amendment to the sentencing guidelines that reduced base offense levels for drug offenses founded on the quantity of crack involved in the offense. See, e.g., United States v. Thomas , 524 F.3d 889, 890 (8th Cir. 2008).
IT IS ORDERED that the defendant's motion to reduce sentence pursuant to crack cocaine Amendment 706 (filing 43) is denied.