Opinion
Case No. 3:08-cr-30067-JPG-PMF-2
07-30-2018
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. LESLIE A. JONES, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER J. PHIL GILBERT, DISTRICT JUDGE
Leslie Jones has filed a motion to reduce her sentence. (ECF No. 212.) The Court's jurisdiction to alter a sentence by a defendant's motion, however, is "extremely limited". United States v. Jumah, 431 F. App'x 494, 496, 2011 WL 2938076, at *2 (7th Cir. 2011). The Court may entertain a motion to reconsider for a brief time after sentencing, United States v. Healy, 376 U.S. 75, 84 S.Ct. 553, 11 L.Ed.2d 527 (1964); United States v. Rollins, 607 F.3d 500, 502-04 (7th Cir. 2010), but otherwise, the Court is limited by 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c). That statute instructs that the Court may only modify a sentence (1) on the motion of the Bureau of Prisons; (2) when a retroactive amendment to the sentencing guidelines applies; or (3) when "expressly permitted by statute or by Rule 35." Jumah, 431 F. App'x at 496; see also United States v. Redd, 630 F.3d 649, 650-51 (7th Cir. 2011); United States v. Poole, 550 F.3d 676, 678 (7th Cir. 2008). None of those circumstances are present here, so the Court must DISMISS Jones's motion for lack of jurisdiction.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: JULY 30, 2018
s/ J. Phil Gilbert
J. PHIL GILBERT
DISTRICT JUDGE