USA v. Agustin Avila, No. 12-10966 (11th Cir. 2012)

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Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 1 of 34 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 12-10211 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:02-cr-00450-SCB-EAJ-4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JULIAN DELEON MONROE, a.k.a. Julu, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10357 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00195-SCB-MAP-1 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 2 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus WILLIE LLOYD, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10416 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:06-cr-00199-SCB-MSS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PAUL DAVID LAMAR, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10417 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00230-SCB-EAJ-1 2 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 3 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LAMARCUS WALTHUGH STILLING, a.k.a. Lamarcus Walthugh Stillings, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10418 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00015-SCB-EAJ-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHN A. MILLS, a.k.a. John A. Benton, a.k.a. John A. Mielo, a.k.a. Bird, a.k.a. Blood God, Defendant-Appellant. 3 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 4 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-10572 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00412-RAL-MAP-4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KERLIN BELLOT, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10574 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:00-cr-00054-HES-MCR-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus 4 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 5 of 34 TERRANCE DALONE PARKER, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10593 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:04-cr-00247-SCB-EAJ-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ADRIAN DONNELL JENKINS, a.k.a. Psych, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10725 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:06-cr-00002-GKS-DAB-1 5 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 6 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RORY GERALD GIBSON, a.k.a. Rojo, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10729 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:08-cr-00005-GKS-KRS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus DERRICK LEON HARDEN, a.k.a. Derrick Harden, a.k.a. Derrick L. Harden, Defendant-Appellant. 6 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 7 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-10763 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:05-cr-00114-GAP-KRS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CARL DENNIS JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10767 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:06-cr-00135-GAP-DAB-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, 7 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 8 of 34 versus JOSEPH LEE HOLMES, JR., a.k.a. Joseph Lee Holmes, a.k.a. Joseph L. Holmes, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10773 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:99-cr-00200-GKS-DAB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ERIC K. RICHARDSON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10904 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:11-cr-00340-GAP-DAB-1 8 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 9 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ELVIS BRANDY, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10909 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:96-cr-00079-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KEVIN WILSON, a.k.a. Clinton Edwards, a.k.a. Kevin Edwards, a.k.a. Keevie, Defendant-Appellant. 9 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 10 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-10959 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:07-cr-00019-JES-DNF-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LAWRENCE SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10960 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:06-cr-00070-JES-SPC-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus WILLIE LASHAWN BELL, 10 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 11 of 34 Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10961 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:04-cr-00087-JES-SPC-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CHARLES E. DANIELS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10964 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:01-cr-00093-JES-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus 11 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 12 of 34 WILLIAM MCGRAW, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10965 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:03-cr-00008-JES-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus TERRENCE TIMONE BELL, a.k.a. Damar Lafred McCrary, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10966 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:04-cr-00057-JES-DNF-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 12 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 13 of 34 Plaintiff-Appellee, versus AGUSTIN AVILA, a.k.a. Tingo, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-10978 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:00-cr-00409-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MICHAEL JOB BRITTON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11039 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:00-cr-00157-GAP-GJK-1 13 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 14 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SANFORD KNIGHT, a.k.a. Pee Wee, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11040 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:02-cr-00110-GKS-GJK-12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus WILLIE H. MURPHY, a.k.a. Coop, Defendant-Appellant. 14 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 15 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-11054 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:07-cr-00450-SCB-TGW-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus NORRIS ANTONIO SINGLETARY, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11055 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00156-SCB-TBM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JAMES A. BATTISTE, 15 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 16 of 34 Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11099 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:09-cr-00304-SCB-MAP-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARIO SINCLAIR JELKS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11103 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:02-cr-00240-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus 16 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 17 of 34 DANIEL BELLAMY, a.k.a. G-Man, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11142 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:04-cr-00113-HWM-JRK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JASON JAMAAL JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11181 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:07-cr-00437-SCB-TBM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 17 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 18 of 34 Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANTHONY HENDRICKS, a.k.a. T-Red, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11182 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket 8:09-cr-00534-RAL-AEP-2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SHIRLEY DANIELS, Defendant-Appellant. 18 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 19 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-11187 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:03-cr-00310-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LONNIE CAMEL, JR., a.k.a. Cameo, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11248 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:05-cr-00071-VMC-DNF-5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus 19 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 20 of 34 TERRENCE DENMARK, a.k.a. Tick, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11249 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:00-cr-00041-JES-DNF-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus WILLIAM R. DOWNS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11318 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:05-cr-00135-HES-TEM-1 20 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 21 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MARCELLUS MATSON, a.k.a. Pee Wee, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11319 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:09-cr-00104-HES-JRK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KOLON MANN, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11322 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ 21 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 22 of 34 D.C. Docket No. 3:06-cr-00339-HES-TEM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANTHONY BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11324 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:03-cr-00007-JES-DNF-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CARL MICHAEL CROWE, Defendant-Appellant. 22 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 23 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-11354 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:07-cr-00014-GKS-KRS-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANDRAE LERON JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11361 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:05-cr-00406-EAK-EAJ-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ALVIN BARNES, 23 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 24 of 34 Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11403 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:93-cr-00102-JES-19 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROBERT UPSHAW, a.k.a. Robert Epps, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11405 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:02-cr-00122-SCB-EAJ-9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, 24 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 25 of 34 versus LEROY SULLIVAN, a.k.a. Chicken Hawk, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11407 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:02-cr-00033-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ELDRED TRACY KELLUM, a.k.a. Eldridge Tracy Kellum, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11408 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:89-cr-00004-EAK-3 25 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 26 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROY LARRY LEE, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11456 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:08-cr-00215-SCB-EAJ-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SHELDON SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11631 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:99-cr-00176-GAP-KRS-1 26 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 27 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LEONARD DESHAWN HARMON, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11632 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:99-cr-00002-GKS-GJK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LUCIOUS SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11651 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ 27 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 28 of 34 D.C. Docket No. 8:01-cr-00107-EAK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus PHILLIP SCOTT, JR., Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11742 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:03-cr-00357-HLA-MCR-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus CHRISTOPHER LASHAWN BROWN, a.k.a. Mudd, 28 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 29 of 34 Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11767 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 3:91-cr-00014-HLA-TEM-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICHARD GEORGE MATHEWS, a.k.a. Ricky George Williams, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11939 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:07-cr-00532-SCB-EAJ-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 29 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 30 of 34 Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KEVIN E. MOORE, a.k.a. KP, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-11950 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:99-cr-00211-SCB-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ALONZO BASKIN, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-12030 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 8:02-cr-00029-SCB-1 30 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 31 of 34 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus KENNETH CHARLES DANIELS, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ No. 12-12170 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 6:05-cr-00165-GAP-GJK-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JAMES ROOSEVELT LEE, Defendant-Appellant. 31 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 32 of 34 ________________________ No. 12-12199 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:05-cr-00076-VMC-DNF-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANDREW CRUMBLY, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ________________________ (August 8, 2012) Before TJOFLAT, CARNES, and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 32 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 33 of 34 In these consolidated appeals, federal prisoners were convicted of crack cocaine crimes. In each case, the district court calculated the prisoners guidelines ranges using the career offender guideline because each prisoner had at least two prior felony convictions for a controlled substance offense. See United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 (Nov. 2011). The prisoners later filed motions to reduce their sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), contending that Amendment 750 to the guidelines, which lowered the base offense levels for crack cocaine crimes in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1, had reduced their guidelines ranges. The district court denied those motions, and these are the prisoners appeals. The district court did not err in denying the § 3582(c)(2) motions. In United States v. Moore, 541 F.3d 1323, 1330 (11th Cir. 2008), we held that [w]here a retroactively applicable guideline amendment reduces a defendant s base offense level, but does not alter the [career offender] sentencing range upon which his or her sentence was based, § 3582(c)(2) does not authorize a reduction in sentence. Moore controls here. Amendment 750 did not alter the prisoners career offender guidelines ranges, so the district court is not authorized to reduce their sentences under § 3582(c)(2). See Moore, 541 F.3d at 1330; see also United States v. Glover, F.3d , No. 12-10580, 2012 WL 2814303, at *3 (11th Cir. July 11, 2012) ( [Section 3582(c)(2)], the Sentencing Commission s corresponding policy 33 Case: 12-10211 Date Filed: 08/08/2012 Page: 34 of 34 statement, and the commentary to that policy statement all make it clear that a court cannot use an amendment to reduce a sentence in a particular case unless that amendment actually lowers the guidelines range in that case. It is that simple. ). The prisoners argue that the Supreme Court s decision in Freeman v. United States, 564 U.S. , 131 S.Ct. 2685 (2011), abrogated our decision in Moore, but we have already rejected that argument. See United States v. Lawson, F.3d , No. 11-15912, 2012 WL 2866265, at *2 3 (11th Cir. July 13, 2012). AFFIRMED. 34

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