Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-01-09 20:00:35.599719+00
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Case: 18-40214      Document: 00514786877         Page: 1    Date Filed: 01/08/2019

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                Fifth Circuit

                                    No. 18-40214                              FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                      January 8, 2019
                                                                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                              Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARIO ALBERTO TREVINO, also known as Grunon,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:11-CR-1667-2

Before DAVIS, HAYNES, and HO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Mario Alberto Trevino, federal prisoner # 00822-379, appeals the denial
of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) motion for reduction of sentence after his conviction
and 135-month sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering. He argues
that the district court abused its discretion in denying his § 3582(c) motion
because it failed to follow the two-step process outlined in Dillon v. United

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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                                  No. 18-40214

States, 560 U.S. 817, 827 (2010). The Government seeks the dismissal of the
appeal because Trevino failed to file a timely notice of appeal.
      The record supports the Government’s contention.         Trevino filed his
notice of appeal after the expiration of the time for filing a timely appeal and
beyond the time during which the district court could have granted him an
extension upon a showing of either excusable neglect or good cause. See FED.
R. APP. P. 4(b)(1)(A)(i), (b)(4); United States v. Alvarez, 210 F.3d 309, 310 (5th
Cir. 2000). While the untimely filing of a notice of appeal in a criminal case is
not jurisdictional, see United States v. Martinez, 496 F.3d 387, 388-89 (5th Cir.
2007), this court will enforce the mandatory time limit by dismissing the
appeal where, as here, the Government timely raises the issue. See United
States v. Hernandez-Gomez, 795 F.3d 510, 511 (5th Cir. 2015).
      Accordingly, Trevino’s appeal is DISMISSED as untimely. His motion
for leave to file a supplemental brief is GRANTED.

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