LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises a difficult sentencing question regarding the proper interplay between 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), which gives the sentencing court limited authority to reduce a prior sentence by retroactively applying amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, and 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), the prospective "safety valve" exception to mandatory minimum drug sentences. The district court concluded that a resentencing under § 3582(c)(2) must...
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