HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
After the United States Sentencing Commission decided to give retroactive effect to its recent amendment to the crack-cocaine guidelines, Edward Dryden moved under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for a reduction in his sentence. The district court denied the motion, agreeing with the government that a reduction would be barred by the Commission's policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10(a)(2), because the amended guideline would not have reduced...
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