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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charmaine D. WHEELER, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 08-51159.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Jan. 12, 2009.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Charmaine D. Wheeler, Phoenix, AZ, pro se.
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

The defendant in this criminal prosecution was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. This court dismissed her direct appeal for lack of jurisdiction. United States v. Wheeler, No. 04-50987 (5th Cir. November 3, 2004). She then filed a motion to vacate her sentence, which the district court denied on July 21, 2005. No appeal was taken. On April 17, 2007, she filed a motion for reduction of her sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). The district court denied the motion on November 28, 2007. She then filed a series of motions attempting to force the government to turn over various documents, including a motion to compel discovery. The district court denied all the motions, the last one on October 17, 2008. The defendant then filed a notice of appeal on November 3, 2008. As the district court found, the purported motion in a closed case is “a meaningless, unauthorized motion” with no statutory or legal basis. United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir.1994).

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.