Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kim HOGAN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-11-21
Citations: 450 F. App'x 433
Docket Number: No. 11-30273
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kim HOGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 450
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kim HOGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-30273
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 21, 2011.
Dorothy Manning Taylor, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Diane Hollenshead Copes, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, Stephen Andrew Higginson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Kim Hogan, Angie, LA, pro se.
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kim Hogan, former federal prisoner # 23133-034, appeals the denial of his Fed eral Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 motion for a new trial, which the district court denied as untimely. Hogan was convicted of three counts of distribution of cocaine base, one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, and one count of possession of cocaine hydrochloride with intent to distribute. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. United States v. Bedford, 9 F.3d 104, 104 (5th Cir.1993) (unpublished).
Hogan does not dispute that his Rule 33 motion was filed after the expiration of the limitations period, but he contends that the district court nonetheless should have considered his untimely filing in the interest of justice. He asserts that his motion is based on allegedly newly discovered evidence, consisting of transcripts of grand jury proceedings. He argues that the transcripts show that the government obtained an indictment by presenting false testimony to the grand jury.
Hogan has not demonstrated that the district court abused its discretion. See United States v. O'Keefe, 128 F.3d 885, 893 (5th Cir.1997). The record supports that the motion was filed well beyond the limitations period, and Hogan has shown no basis on which the court should have granted an extension for excusable neglect under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 45(b)(1)(B). Moreover, even if Hogan had been entitled to an extension, it would have been proper for the court to deny the motion on the merits. Hogan has shown neither that the transcripts were unknown to him at the time of trial, or could not have been discovered previously through due diligence, nor that the transcripts would have any effect on the verdict. See United States v. Piazza, 647 F.3d 559, 565 (5th Cir.2011); United States v. Wall, 389 F.3d 457, 473 (5th Cir.2004).
The order denying the motion for new trial is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.