United States v. Dennis Shipton, No. 19-1926 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in determining defendant was not eligible for a sentence reduction under section 401 of the First Step Act because he was sentenced prior to December 21, 2018.
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-1926 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Dennis Gene Shipton lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo ____________ Submitted: February 5, 2020 Filed: February 11, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Federal inmate Dennis Shipton appeals after the district court1 denied a pro se motion in his criminal case, in which he sought a sentence reduction under the First 1 The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. Step Act of 2018 (FSA), see Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018). Upon de novo review of the record, see United States v. McDonald, 944 F.3d 769, 771 (8th Cir. 2019) (standard of review), we agree with the district court that Shipton was not eligible for a sentence reduction under section 401 of the FSA, as he was sentenced prior to December 21, 2018, see United States v. Wiseman, 932 F.3d 411, 417 (6th Cir. 2019) (ยง 401 of FSA did not apply to defendant who was sentenced prior to December 21, 2018). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________ -2-
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