Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-16 15:00:23.483023+00
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Case: 22-51002         Document: 00516712945             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/14/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-51002
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                  April 14, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Tommy Delando Burns,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 7:06-CR-89-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Tommy Delando Burns, federal prisoner # 35499-177, appeals the
   district court’s denial of his motion to reduce his sentence under the First
   Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404, 132 Stat. 5194 (2018). Burns
   argues that the district court did not conduct a complete review of his motion.

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-51002     Document: 00516712945           Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/14/2023

                                    No. 22-51002

          We review the district court’s ruling on a motion to reduce a sentence
   under the First Step Act for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Batiste,
   980 F.3d 466, 469 (5th Cir. 2020). A motion under section 404 cannot be
   entertained “if a previous motion made under this section to reduce the
   sentence was, after the date of enactment of this Act, denied after a complete
   review of the motion on the merits.” First Step Act, Pub. L. No. 115-391,
   § 404(c), 132 Stat. 5194, 5222 (2018).
          Because Burns had previously filed a motion for a sentence reduction
   under the First Step Act and that motion was denied after a complete review
   on the merits, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying
   Burns’s current motion under the express terms of § 404(c) of the First Step
   Act. See Batiste, 980 F.3d at 479. The judgment of the district court is
   AFFIRMED.

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