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_________ P E R C UR I AM Ja im e S a tiza b a l p lea d e d g u iltyto c o n sp ira c yto lau n d e r n a rc o tics p ro c e e d s in vi ol at i on of 18 U . S. C . § 1956( h) . I n J anuary2009, the D i s tr i ctC ourts ent ence d hi m t o a t erm of i m pr i s onm entof 46 m onths . I n N ovember2009, Sat i zaba l fi l ed a “ M ot i on for2

R educt i on of Sent ence pur s uantt o 18 U . S. C . § 3585. 2 and U . S. S. G . § 5K 2. 2. ” H e ar gued thathe w as ent i t l ed t o cr edi tagai ns thi s s ent ence and a dow nw ar d departur e underthe Sent enci ng G ui del i nes forthe t i m e he s erved i n har s h condi t i ons i n a C ol om bi an pr i s on p en d ing h is ex tr ad it ion to the U n it ed S tat es. H e re q u ested a c red ito f 1 . 5 d ay s fo r ev ery d a ys e rv e d b e tw e e n J a n u a ry 3 0 , 2 0 0 7 , a n d J a n u a ry 2 2 , 2 0 0 8 . T he G overnm entr es ponded t o Sat i zaba l ’ s m ot i on byl ett er . I n the l ett er , an A s s i s t antU ni t ed St at es A tt orney( “A U SA ”) s t at ed thatSat i zaba l ’ s att orneyas ked the D i s tr i ctC ourtats ent enci ng t o r educe the s ent ence bas ed on the har s h condi t i ons i n the C ol om bi an j ai l . T he A U SA al s o expl ai ned thatthe G overnm enti nform ed the D i s tr i ct C ourtatthatt i m e thatSat i zaba l w oul d r ece i ve cr edi tfr om the B ur eau of Pr i s ons ( “B O P”) . T he A U SA s t at ed thatthe B O P had gi ven Sat i zaba l cr edi tforthe t i m e he s erved el s ew her e fr om J anuary13, 2007, unt i l J anuary11, 2009 ( the daybefor e Sat i zaba l w as t aken i nt o B O P cus t ody ) . C i t i ng and att achi ng the l ett ert o i t s or der , the D i s tr i ct C o u rt d e n ied S a tiza b a l’s m o tio n , n o tin g th a t th e tim e S a tiza b a l h a d se rv e d in C o lo m b ia h a d a lr e a d yb e e n c re d ite d to w a rd h is s e n te n c e . Sat i zaba l appea l s . W e have j ur i s di ct i on pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. W e r evi ew th e D istric t C o u rt’s d e c isio n to d e n yS a tiza b a l’s m o tio n to re d u c e h is s e n ten c e p u rsu a n t to § 3 5 8 2 fo r ab u se o f d iscreti o n . S ee U n it ed S tat es v . M ateo , 5 6 0 F . 3 d 1 5 2 , 1 5 4 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 9 ) . Be c a u s e we c o n c l u d e th a tth e r e i s n o s u b s t a n t i a l q u e s t i o n p r e s e n t e d o n a p p e a l , we w i l l aff i rm the D i s tr i ctC ourt ’ s or der . See L. A . R . 27. 4; I . O . P. 10. 6.T h e D istri ct C o u rtfu rth er e x p lai n ed to S ati za b al, thro u g h it s reli an ce o n the A U S A ’s 1 l ett er , thati thad cons i der ed and r ej ect ed Sat i zaba l ’ s ar gum entpr evi ous l y , and thatthe B O P h a d a w a rd e d c re d it f o r t h e tim e S a tiz a b a l s p e n t in a C o lo m b ia n p ri s o n .

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im p ri s o n m e n t. S e e 1 8 U .S .C . § 3 5 8 2 . H ow ever , a modi fi cat i on i s pos s i bl e i n s om e ca s es i n w hi ch the B O P se eks a r educt i on of the t erm , i n cas es w her e the modi fi cat i on i s expr es s l yperm i t t ed bys t atut e orbyR ul e 35 of the Feder al R ul es of C r i m i nal Pr ocedur e, and i n s om e ca s es i n w hi ch a de fenda nthas been s ent ence d t o a t erm of i m pr i s onm entbas ed on a s ent enci ng r ange thathas s u b s e q u e n tly b e e n lo w e re d b yth e S e n te n c in g C o m m is s io n p u rs u a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . 9 9 4 (o ). S ee id. T h e B O P d id n o t m o v e f o r a red u cti o n o f S ati za b al’s sen tenc e, an d S ati za b al’s re a so n f o r th e re q u e ste d m o d if

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h is s e n ten c e is n o t am o n g th e re a so n s s e t f o rth in 18 U . S. C . § 3582. A ccor di ngl y , the D i s tr i ctC ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s cr et i on i n deny i ng 1 Sat i zaba l ’ s m ot i on.