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United States v. Dimmer

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 26, 2019
No. 19-30114 (9th Cir. Nov. 26, 2019)

Opinion

No. 19-30114

11-26-2019

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DERNEVAL RODNELL DIMMER, AKA Pedro Dimmer, AKA Jabba, Defendant-Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:12-cr-00035-TMB-1 MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Timothy M. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Derneval Rodnell Dimmer appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Dimmer contends that he is entitled to a sentence reduction under Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. We review de novo whether a district court had authority to modify a sentence under section 3582(c)(2). See United States v. Leniear, 574 F.3d 668, 672 (9th Cir. 2009). Contrary to Dimmer's contention, the district court properly followed the procedure set forth in Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817 (2010). As this court has previously found, the district court correctly determined that Dimmer is ineligible for a sentence reduction under Amendment 782 because his sentence is already below the minimum of the amended guideline range. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(b)(2)(A) ("[T]he court shall not reduce the defendant's term of imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) and this policy statement to a term that is less than the minimum of the amended guideline range.").

We do not reach Dimmer's additional arguments because they are not cognizable in a section 3582(c)(2) proceeding. See Dillon, 560 U.S. at 831.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Dimmer

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 26, 2019
No. 19-30114 (9th Cir. Nov. 26, 2019)
Case details for

United States v. Dimmer

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DERNEVAL RODNELL DIMMER…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Nov 26, 2019

Citations

No. 19-30114 (9th Cir. Nov. 26, 2019)

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