United States v. Dale Aldridge, No. 17-1997 (8th Cir. 2017)

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Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Bowman and Benton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in determining defendant was not eligible for a sentence reduction based on an amendment to the guidelines because his original sentence was derived from the applicable statutory minimum. [ December 04, 2017

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 17-1997 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Dale Wayne Aldridge lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: November 27, 2017 Filed: December 5, 2017 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Dale Aldridge appeals from the order of the District Court1 denying his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Following de novo review, 1 The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. we agree with the District Court that Aldridge was ineligible for the requested sentence reduction based on an amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines because his original sentence was derived from the applicable statutory minimum. See United States v. Moore, 734 F.3d 836, 837–38 (8th Cir. 2013). We decline to address Aldridge’s additional pro se arguments, which are raised for the first time on appeal and are unrelated to his sentence-reduction motion. We affirm the judgment and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. ______________________________ -2-

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