Opinion
HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Federal Defender HANNAH R. LABAREE, Assistant Federal Defender Counsel Designated for Service Sacramento, California Attorneys for Defendant REGINALD BOOZE
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney JASON HITT Assistant U.S. Attorney Attorney for Plaintiff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO REDUCE SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) RETROACTIVE DRUGS-MINUS-TWO REDUCTION CASE
KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.
Defendant, REGINALD BOOZE, by and through his attorney, Assistant Federal Defender Hannah R. Labaree, and plaintiff, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through its counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Hitt, hereby stipulate as follows:
1. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), this Court may reduce the term of imprisonment in the case of a defendant who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 994(o);
2. On December 13, 2010, this Court sentenced Mr. Booze to a total term of 123 months imprisonment, comprised of 63 months on Count 1 (a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)) and 60 months on Count 2 (a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)) to be served consecutively;
3. As to the drug offense, his total offense level was 25, his criminal history category was II, and the resulting guideline range was 63 to 78 months;
4. The sentencing range applicable to Mr. Booze was subsequently lowered by the United States Sentencing Commission in Amendment 782, made retroactive on July 18, 2014, see 79 Fed. Reg. 44, 973;
5. Mr. Booze's total offense level has been reduced from 25 to 23, and his amended guideline range is 51 to 63 months. He is subject to the statutory mandatory minimum of 60 months on the drug conviction;
6. Accordingly, the parties request the Court enter the order lodged herewith reducing Mr. Booze's term of imprisonment to a total term of 120 months, comprised of 60 months for the drug offense (Count 1) and 60 months for Count 2, to be served consecutively.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the stipulated motion of the defendant for reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).
The parties agree, and the Court finds, that Mr. Booze is entitled to the benefit Amendment 782, which reduces the total offense level from 25 to 23, resulting in an amended guideline range of 51 to 63 months. He is subject to the statutory mandatory minimum of 60 months.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the term of imprisonment imposed in December 2010 is reduced to a total term of 120 months, comprised of 60 months for Count 1 and 60 months for Count 2, to be served consecutively.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other terms and provisions of the original judgment remain in effect. The clerk shall forthwith prepare an amended judgment reflecting the above reduction in sentence, and shall serve certified copies of the amended judgment on the United States Bureau of Prisons and the United States Probation Office.
Unless otherwise ordered, Mr. Booze shall report to the United States Probation Office within seventy-two hours after his release.