Unpublished Dispositionunited States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Charles Scott, Defendant-appellant, 831 F.2d 298 (6th Cir. 1987)

Charles Scott was convicted of drug trafficking, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) (1) and 846. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison. He now complains that the sentence was disproportionate to his offenses and disproportionate to the sentence given a codefendant, in violation of his rights under the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution.

The law in this circuit is clear that a prison sentence which is within the maximum authorized by statute cannot violate the Eighth Amendment by reason by any disproportion, so long as the sentence is less than life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Chandler v. Jones, 813 F.2d 773, 778 (6th Cir. 1987), citing Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980). We therefore AFFIRM the judgment and sentence of the district court.