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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Ron Keith Morrison's motion to reduce his sentence based on Amendment 750 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court correctly concluded it lacked authority to reduce the sentence because Morrison's Guidelines range was based on his career offender status, not the crack cocaine Guidelines. The appellate court also noted that Morrison could not challenge his career offender designation through a § 3582(c)(2) motion, which only authorizes limited sentence reductions based on Guidelines amendments.

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Ron Keith Morrison's motion to reduce his sentence based on Amendment 750 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court correctly concluded it lacked authority to reduce the sentence because Morrison's Guidelines range was based on his career offender status, not the crack cocaine Guidelines. The appellate court also noted that Morrison could not challenge his career offender designation through a § 3582(c)(2) motion, which only authorizes limited sentence reductions based on Guidelines amendments.

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Ron Keith Morrison's motion to reduce his sentence based on Amendment 750 to the Sentencing Guidelines. The district court correctly concluded it lacked authority to reduce the sentence because Morrison's Guidelines range was based on his career offender status, not the crack cocaine Guidelines. The appellate court also noted that Morrison could not challenge his career offender designation through a § 3582(c)(2) motion, which only authorizes limited sentence reductions based on Guidelines amendments.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 14-6914

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    RON KEITH MORRISON,
    Defendant - Appellant.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of North Carolina, at Wilmington.
    W. Earl Britt,
    Senior District Judge. (7:02-cr-00107-BR-1)

    Submitted:

    November 18, 2014

    Decided:

    November 20, 2014

    Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Ron Keith Morrison, Appellant Pro Se.


    Thomas Gray Walker,
    OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina,
    for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

    PER CURIAM:
    Ron Keith Morrison appeals the district courts order
    denying his 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for reduction
    of his sentence based on Amendment 750 to the U.S. Sentencing
    Guidelines Manual.

    We affirm.

    The district court properly concluded that it lacked


    authority

    to

    grant

    sentence

    reduction

    under

    3582(c)(2)

    because Morrisons Guidelines range was driven by his career


    offender

    designation

    provisions.

    and

    not

    the

    crack

    cocaine

    Guidelines

    See United States v. Munn, 595 F.3d 183, 187 (4th

    Cir. 2010).
    To the extent that Morrison challenges the continued
    viability

    of

    that

    designation,

    such

    pursued in a 3582(c)(2) motion.


    560

    U.S.

    817

    (2010)

    (explaining

    claim

    is

    not

    properly

    See Dillon v. United States,


    that

    3582(c)(2)

    does

    not

    authorize full resentencing, but permits sentence reduction only


    within narrow bounds established by the Sentencing Commission).
    Accordingly,

    we

    affirm

    the

    district

    courts

    order.

    See United States v. Morrison, No. 7:02-cr-00107-BR-1 (E.D.N.C.


    May 29, 2014).

    We dispense with oral argument because the facts

    and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials


    before

    this

    court

    and

    argument

    would

    not

    aid

    the

    decisional

    process.
    AFFIRMED
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