U.S. v. Nichols

Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion under 18 USC section 3582(c) to reduce his 88-month, below Guideline sentence on drug-related charges to sentence of 51 months, where said motion was based on fact that retroactive guidelines had lowered applicable offense level to defendant’s offenses. Dist. Ct. eventually lowered sentence to 83-month term of incarceration, which was approximately 30 percent below low end of amended guideline range, and which matched 30 percent reduction from original guideline range that Dist. Ct. had used to impose original 88-month sentence.