JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
OPINION & ORDER
[Resolving Doc. No. 544] JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
Philon Ramsey moves to modify or reduce his term of imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Ramsey argues that he should receive a two-level reduction in his United States Sentencing Guidelines calculation based on Guideline Amendment 782, which lowered the base offense levels for most drug quantities by two. This amendment went into effect in November 2014 and was incorporated into the 2015 Guidelines Manual.
Doc. 544.
See United States v . Steel, 609 F. App'x 851, 855 (6th Cir. 2015) (discussing the enactment and application of Amendment 782).
Id.
Ramsey was sentenced on March 7, 2016, and the Court calculated Ramsey's sentence using the 2015 Guidelines Manual. As such, Ramsey's Guidelines calculation included the Amendment 782 offense level adjustment, and he is not entitled to relief on that ground.
See Doc. 260.
See Doc. 243.
Because Ramsey does not qualify for relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on a change in the Sentencing Guidelines, the Court cannot consider any of his 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) arguments for a reduced sentence.
See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c). --------
For those reasons, the Court DENIES Ramsey's motion to modify or reduce his sentence.
IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 1, 2018
s/ James S. Gwin
JAMES S. GWIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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