United States v. Dennis Shipton

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: February 11, 2020
• Docket: 19-1926
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-1926 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Dennis Gene Shipton

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo ____________

Submitted: February 5, 2020 Filed: February 11, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Dennis Shipton appeals after the district court1 denied a pro se motion in his criminal case, in which he sought a sentence reduction under the First

1 The Honorable Daniel L. Hovland, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. Step Act of 2018 (FSA), see Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018). Upon de novo review of the record, see United States v. McDonald, 944 F.3d 769, 771 (8th Cir. 2019) (standard of review), we agree with the district court that Shipton was not eligible for a sentence reduction under section 401 of the FSA, as he was sentenced prior to December 21, 2018, see United States v. Wiseman, 932 F.3d 411, 417 (6th Cir. 2019) (§ 401 of FSA did not apply to defendant who was sentenced prior to December 21, 2018). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________

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