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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
James Bently NEELY, Sr., Defendant-Appellant
16-50472 Summary Calendar.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dec 27, 2016.
Unpublished opinion
672 F. App'x 445
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ellen A. Lockwood, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee, James Bently Neely, Sr., Pro Se
Higginbotham, Dennis, Haynes.
Unpublished  |  Non Direct Criminal
PER CURIAM: *

James Bently Neely, Sr., federal prisoner # 24634-079, has moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction based on Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. Under § 3582(c)(2), a district court may reduce a defendant’s sentence if he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that subsequently was lowered by the Sentencing Commission. Amendment 782 did not reduce Neely’s guidelines sentencing range, and so he was ineligible for a sentencing reduction. See U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2) & comment. (n.1(A)); United States v. Bowman, 632 F.3d 906, 910-11 (5th Cir. 2011).

Neely’s appeal does not present a non-frivolous issue and has not been brought in good faith. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). The motion for leave to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 n.24 (5th Cir. 1997); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.