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United States Court of Appeals
                               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                        ____________
No. 23-5132                                                   September Term, 2023
                                                                       1:21-cv-02422-UNA
                                                         Filed On: October 31, 2023

Larry E. Starks, Jr.,

              Appellant

       v.

United States Sentencing Commission and
United States of America,

              Appellees

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:          Wilkins, Katsas, and Walker, Circuit Judges

                                       JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.
34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

        ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s January 19, 2023 and April
19, 2023 orders be affirmed. Appellant has failed to show that the district court abused
its discretion by denying his motions for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59
and 60, both of which raised versions of the arguments that this court previously
rejected. See Starks v. U.S. Sentencing Comm’n, No. 21-5281, 2022 WL 2160910, at
*1 (D.C. Cir. June 15, 2022), cert. denied, 143 S. Ct. 434 (2022); see also Messina v.
Krakower, 439 F.3d 755, 759 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (denials of Rule 59(e) motions are
reviewed for abuse of discretion); Smalls v. United States, 471 F.3d 186, 191 (D.C. Cir.
2006) (denials of Rule 60 motions are reviewed for abuse of discretion).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5132                                                September Term, 2023

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.
P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

                                       Per Curiam

                                                         FOR THE COURT:
                                                         Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                 BY:     /s/
                                                         Daniel J. Reidy
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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