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Date Created: 2023-07-06 18:00:42.447174+00
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Case: 23-10247        Document: 00516810399             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/06/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10247
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                                     July 6, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   David Antoine Johnson,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:01-CR-185-1
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   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         David Antoine Johnson, federal prisoner, was convicted of two counts
   of brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. He now appeals
   from the denial of a motion seeking to compel the Government to file a
   motion to reduce his sentence. Johnson argues that the district court abused
   its discretion by denying his motion to compel.

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10247        Document: 00516810399         Page: 2   Date Filed: 07/06/2023

                                     No. 23-10247

             The district court’s jurisdiction to correct or modify a defendant’s
   sentence is limited to those specific circumstances enumerated by Congress
   in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(b). United States v. Bridges, 116 F.3d 1110, 1112 (5th Cir.
   1997). We can discern no jurisdictional basis for Johnson’s motion to
   compel, and we conclude that he has “appealed from the denial of a
   meaningless, unauthorized motion.” United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142
   (5th Cir. 1994).      Although the district court addressed the merits of
   Johnson’s motion, we affirm on the alternative basis of lack of jurisdiction.
   See id.
             AFFIRMED.

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