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United States v. Bradfield
Citation: 698 F. App'x 838Docket: No. 16-2285
Court: Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; October 18, 2017; Federal Appellate Court
Archie Bradfield pleaded guilty in 2009 to conspiracy to possess and distribute crack cocaine, resulting in a 242-month sentence. In 2014, the Sentencing Commission implemented Amendment 782, which lowered the base-offense level for many drug offenses. Following this, Bradfield sought a sentence reduction in 2015 under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), which the district court granted, reducing his sentence to 235 months. Bradfield later filed a second motion for a sentence reduction under the same amendment, which the district court denied, citing that he was not entitled to multiple reductions based on the same amendment. The court also noted that Bradfield attempted to contest the drug quantity attributed to him, an argument previously deemed frivolous. Subsequently, Bradfield filed a third motion, again requesting a reduction and challenging the drug quantity, which was also denied. The appellate court affirmed the district court's denial of the third motion. It ruled that a district court cannot grant a successive § 3582(c)(2) motion filed beyond 14 days after a decision on a prior motion. Since Bradfield had already received a reduction from his first motion, the denial of the third motion was justified. Additionally, even if it were his first motion, Section 3582(c)(2) does not allow for resentencing or relitigating the drug weight at sentencing. The judgment of the district court was thus affirmed.