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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
RICKY LLOYD SIMMONDS, 
 
 Defendant. 
 
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CASE NO. 1:20-cr-00707-1 
 
ORDER 
[Resolving Doc. 400] 
 
 
JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: 
 
Defendant Ricky Simmonds moves for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 
§ 3582(c)(2) and U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Amendment 821, Part B.
1  The Federal Public 
Defender filed a notice of intent not to supplement Simmonds’ motion. 2  The government 
opposed Simmonds’ motion.3 
Amendment 821, Part B decreases the total offense level for certain defendants who 
received zero criminal history points at sentencing.4   
Although Amendment 821 applies retroactivel y, a district court may not modify a 
defendant’s sentence based on a retroactive amendment unless the defendant is eligible 
under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 1B1.10. 5  And under § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B), a defendant is 
not eligible if applying the retroactive amendment does not lower the defendant’s guideline 
range.6 
 
1 Doc. 400. 
2 Doc. 401. 
3 Doc. 402. 
4 Amendment 821, https://www.ussc.gov/guidelines/amendment/821.  
5 Dillon v. United States, 560 U.S. 817, 827 (2010). 
6 U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2)(B). 
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GWIN, J. 
 
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Here, Defendant Simmonds received two criminal history points. 7  Because 
Simmonds received criminal history points,  Amendment 821, Part B does not apply to 
Simmonds. 
For this reason, Defendant Simmonds is not  eligible for a sent ence reduction under 
Amendment 821 and § 3582(c)(2).  The Court DENIES the sentence reduction motion. 
 
 IT IS SO ORDERED. 
 
Dated: April 22, 2024 s/ James S. Gwin   
JAMES S. GWIN 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
 
7 Doc. 290 at ¶ 79. 
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