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_______________________ P E R C UR I AM T his i s an app eal from t he D i stri ctC ou rt ’s den i al of W arr en R ossi n’s pr o se m o tio n to su sp e n d h is c o u rt-o rd e re d f in e . F o r th e f

o llo w in g re a so n s, w e w ill su m m a rily a f f ir m . S e e 3 rd C ir . L .A .R . 2 7 .4 a n d I.O .P . 1 0 .6 .W e af fi r m ed R os s i n’ s s ent ence on appea l . U ni t ed St at es v. R os s i n, 80 Fed. A ppx. 1 7 9 0 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) (no n p rec ed en ti al). A ccor di ng t o R os s i n, he r ece i ves “mai nt enanc e pay ” of $2. 76 perm ont h. 2 -2- R os s i n pl eade d gui l t yt o cons pi r i ng t o di s t r i but e more t han 1, 000 ki l ogr ams of m ar i j uana i n vi ol at i on of 21 U . S. C . § 846 and w as s ent ence d t o 240 m ont hs i n pr i s on. 1 A s par tof hi s s ent ence , R os s i n w as al s o or der ed t o paya $5, 000 cr i m i nal fi ne and a $100 s peci al as s es s m ent . R os s i n has pai d t he s peci al as s es s m entand curr ent l yow es $4, 850 for t he cr i m i nal fi ne. O n J une 23, 2004, t he D i s t r i ctC our tent er ed an A m ended Cri m i nal J udgm entw hi ch di r ect ed the B ur eau of Pr i s ons ( “B O P”) t o deduct“15 per centof the defe ndant ’ s hi ghes tm ont hl ybal ance eac h m ont h i n or dert o s at i s fyt he paym entof the fi ne as s es s ed byt he C our t . ” O n D ece m ber17, 2007 R os s i n fi l ed a mot i on forr el i ef f r om paym entof the fi ne w hi l e he i s i ncar cer at ed. R os s i n cont ended thathe i s unabl e t o pay t he fi ne bec aus e of medi cal r es t r i ct i ons and i ns uffi ci entpr i s on earni ngs . T he D i s t r i ct C our tdeni ed hi s m ot i on and hi s s ubs equentm ot i on forr econs i der at i on. R os s i n fi l ed a tim e ly n o tic e o f

a p p e a l. U nder18 U . S. C . § 3572( d) , i f the def endantnot i fi es t he D i s t r i ctC our tof any m at er i al change i n hi s economi c ci r cumst ance s , t he C our tm ayadj us tt he paym ent s chedul e, orr equi r e paym enti n ful l , as t he i nt er es t s of j us t i ce r equi r e. I n hi s m ot i on, R os s i n al l eged onl yt hathe di d notearn enough moneyw hi l e i ncar cer at ed bec aus e of m e d ica l re stric tio n s a n d e m p lo ym e n t av a ilab ili ty . R o ss in d id n o t alle g e h o w th is 2 cons t i tut ed a mat er i al change i n hi s economi c ci r cumst ance s and conc eded thathe “ha sIn f a c t, R o ss in sta ted in h is m o tio n th a t h e h a s n o t m a d e a n yp a ym e n ts re c e n tly 3 beca us e hi s i ncome fort he pas ts i x m ont hs has been l es s t han $450. 00 w hi ch, acc or di ng t o hi m , i s t he mi ni m um bal ance r equi r ed byt he B O P befor e funds ar e deduc t ed. R os s i n al s o at t empt ed t o ar gue thatt he D i s t r i ctC our ti m perm i s s i bl ydel egat ed the 4 fin e p ay m en ts t o the B O P . S ee , e.g., U n it ed S tat es v . C o rl ey , 5 0 0 F . 3 d 2 1 0 , 2 2 8 (3d C ir . 2007) . A m ot i on t o s us pend the paym entof a f i ne i s nott he pr opervehi cl e forbr i ngi ng t hi s cl ai m . See M athenyv. M or r i s on, 307 F. 3d 709, 711 ( 8t h C i r . 2002) . E ven as s um i ng, ar guendo, t hatR os s i n m aybr i ng s uch a c l ai m i n a § 3572 mot i on, hi s ar gum enti s w i t hout m e rit sin c e th e D istric t C o u rt se t a s p e c if ic p a ym e n t sc h e d u le a n d d id n o t im p ro p e rly d e le g a te to th e B O P . -3- been medi cal l yunas s i gned form os tof hi s t i m e i n pr i s on. ” M or eover , R os s i n di d not a lleg e h o w h is m e d ica l co n d iti o n a f f e c ts h is a b ili tyto c o m p lyw ith h is s ent ence — paym entof 15 per centof anym ont hl yearni ngs t ow ar d t he fi ne. T her efor e, 3 t he D i s t r i ctC our tdi d noterri n deny i ng R os s i n’ s m ot i on. 4 A c c o rd in g ly , b e c a u se th is a p p e a l p re se n ts u s w ith n o su b sta n tial q u e stio n , w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af

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