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U.S. v. JONES, 370 Fed.Appx. 473 (5th Cir. 2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Marcus JONES, also known as Mac Daddy, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 08-30727 Summary Calendar.United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 12, 2010.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

Cristina Walker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, Stephanie A. Finley, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Betty Lee Marak, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, USDC No. 5:99-CR-50046-1.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:[*]

[*] Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

Marcus Jones, federal prisoner # 10250-035, was sentenced to 188 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and five kilograms or more of powder cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Following amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines governing crack offenses, the district court reduced Jones’s sentence to 151 months in prison, the lowest point in the amended guidelines range. Jones appeals that he should have received an even shorter modified sentence, but our recent decisions concerning 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) proceedings foreclose Jones’s various challenges to the district court’s judgment.[1]

AFFIRMED.

[1] See United States v. Cooley, 590 F.3d 293, 297-98 (5th Cir. 2009); United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 671-74 (5th Cir. 2009); United States v. Doublin, 572 F.3d 235, 237-39 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 517, 175 L.Ed.2d 366
(2009).

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