United States v. Billings

43 F.3d 1480 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher BILLINGS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-15662. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1994. * Decided Dec. 14, 1994. Before: D.W. NELSON, HALL and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Christopher Billings appeals the district court's denial of his motion made under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582 (c) for modification of his sentence because of a favorable post-sentencing amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Billings contends the district court erred by declining to reduce his sentence following the effective date of Amendment 484 to the Guidelines. Billings argues that this amendment to the Guidelines retroactively changed in his favor the manner in which the drug quantity attributable to the offense of conviction should have been calculated. Billings also contends that the district court should have applied retroactively…