Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael MALGOZA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-05-26
Citations: 380 F. App'x 874
Docket Number: No. 09-15977
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael MALGOZA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BLACK, PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 380
Pages: 874–875

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael MALGOZA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-15977
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 26, 2010.
Neil M. Schuster, Law Office of Neil M. Schuster, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Phillip Dirosa, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BLACK, PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Michael Malgoza appeals the denial of his second motion to reduce his sentence. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). We affirm.
In 1997, Malgoza moved to reduce his sentence of life imprisonment based on Amendment 505 to the Sentencing Guidelines. 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c). The district court denied the motion. The district court considered the quantity of cocaine involved in Malgoza's drug offenses and criminal history, see 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and determined that Malgoza's sentence "was fair and just." Malgoza did not appeal the decision.
In 2009, Malgoza filed a "renewed motion for reduction of sentence" and repeated the arguments made in his first motion to reduce. The district court denied Malgoza's motion based on lack of jurisdiction. In the alternative, the district court ruled that it was bound by the "law of the case" and, if not, "it was exercising its discretion [by] refus[ing] to reduce" Malgoza's sentence.
Malgoza's second motion to reduce was barred by the law of the case. The district court rejected Malgoza's first request to reduce his sentence, and Malgoza failed to appeal that decision. See United States v. Escobar-Urrego, 110 F.3d 1556, 1560-61 (11th Cir.1997). Malgoza's alleged "new evidence" also was available when he moved to reduce his sentence in 1997.
The denial of Malgoza's successive motion to reduce his sentence is AFFIRMED.