# United States v. Tremon Brown

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · June 21, 2013 · 531 F. App'x 474

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## Case

- **Full name:** UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Tremon Travell BROWN, Defendant-Appellant
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** June 21, 2013
- **Citations:** 531 F. App'x 474
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Smith, Prado, Higginson
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## Opinion text

Case: 12-10959 Document: 00512283100 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/21/2013

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit

FILED
June 21, 2013
No. 12-10959
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

TREMON TRAVELL BROWN,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:02-CR-94-18

Before SMITH, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Tremon Travell Brown, federal prisoner # 28757-177, appeals the denial
of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence. Brown pleaded guilty
to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50
grams of cocaine base, and he was sentenced to 293 months of imprisonment and
five years of supervised release. He contends that he is eligible for a sentence
reduction under Amendment 750, which implemented the Fair Sentencing Act
of 2010 (FSA) and revised the Sentencing Guidelines applicable to offenses

*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
Case: 12-10959 Document: 00512283100 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/21/2013

No. 12-10959

involving cocaine base. Brown has filed a motion for leave to file an out-of-time
reply brief, and that motion is granted.
We review the district court’s resolution of a § 3582(c)(2) motion for an
abuse of discretion. United States v. Cooley, 590 F.3d 293, 295-96 (5th Cir.
2009). Brown argues that, when considering whether to afford him relief, the
district court erred in considering his three post-conviction disciplinary
infractions because it had considered those infractions when it denied an earlier
filed motion for relief under § 3582(c)(2). The court was allowed to consider
those infractions. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, comment. (n.1(B)(iii)); United States
v. Smith, 595 F.3d 1322, 1323 (5th Cir. 2010).
Brown’s contention that he is entitled to a reduction in light of the FSA,
which took effect after he was sentenced, is without merit. See Dorsey v. United
States, 132 S. Ct. 2321, 2335-36 (2012); United States v. Doggins, 633 F.3d 379,
384 (5th Cir. 2011).
The record shows that the district court gave due consideration to Brown’s
motion as a whole and that it considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.
Accordingly, the denial of Brown’s § 3582(c)(2) motion was not an abuse of
discretion. See United States v. Whitebird, 55 F.3d 1007, 1010 (5th Cir. 1995).
AFFIRMED.

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