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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Kenneth J. Williams
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the District of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-3349

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Kenneth J. Williams, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: May 3, 2004

Filed: May 6, 2004

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Before MELLOY, HANSEN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After Kenneth Williams pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess

with intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and

846, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g),

the district court1

 sentenced him to concurrent terms of 188 months imprisonment and

5 years supervised release. On the government’s subsequent Federal Rule of

Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion, the district court reduced Williams’s sentence to

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110 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. On appeal, Williams

argues that the district court abused its discretion in not granting a more generous

reduction, because he provided significant assistance in investigating or prosecuting

others.

We have no jurisdiction to review the extent of the district court’s departure in

these circumstances. See United States v. Coppedge, 135 F.3d 598, 599 (8th Cir.

1998) (per curiam) (challenge to extent of district court’s departure upon

government’s Rule 35(b) motion is unreviewable). 

We thus dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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