Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-18
Citations: 408 F. App'x 311
Docket Number: No. 10-13673
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BLACK, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 408
Pages: 311–312

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine MATHIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-13673
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 18, 2011.
Sean Paul Cronink, United States Attorney Office, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kathleen M. Salyer, Anne R. Schultz, Barbara Jean Throne, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jermaine Mathis, pro se.
Before BLACK, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jermaine Mathis, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's denial of his motion to revisit his 262-month prison sentence, imposed approximately 7 years earlier, after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess powder and crack cocaine. Mathis raises substantive challenges to the denial of his motion to revisit arguing, inter alia, that the Government breached a stipulation entered into by both parties regarding the amounts and types of drugs involved in his offense. The Government responds that, pursuant to the unambiguous language of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c), the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider Mathis's motion to revisit his sentence.
We review "de novo questions concerning the jurisdiction of the district court." United States v. Phillips, 597 F.3d 1190, 1194 n. 9 (11th Cir.2010). Whether a district court has authority to modify and vacate a sentence is a question of law subject to de novo review. See id.
As we have recently held,
The authority of a district court to modify an imprisonment sentence [once it has been imposed] is narrowly limited by statute. Specifically, [18 U.S.C.] § 3582(c) provides that a court may not modify an imprisonment sentence except in these three circumstances: (1) where the Bureau of Prisons has filed a motion and either extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant a reduction or the defendant is at least 70 years old and meets certain other requirements, see 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A); (2) where anoth er statute or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35 expressly permits a sentence modification, see id. § 3582(c)(1)(B); or (3) where a defendant has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment based on a sentencing range that was subsequently lowered by the Commission and certain other requirements are met, see id. § 3582(c)(2).
Phillips, 597 F.3d at 1194-95; see 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c).
We conclude that none of the circumstances allowing a district court to modify a sentence are present in the instant case. Although the district court ultimately denied Mathis's motion to revisit his sentence, it did not have jurisdiction to consider the motion on its merits. Accordingly, we vacate the district court's order, and remand for the district court to dismiss the motion for lack of jurisdiction.
VACATED AND REMANDED.
. We decline to address the substantive challenges to the denial of Mathis's motion to revisit based on our decision to vacate and remand.