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Case: 11-30273       Document: 00511671615         Page: 1     Date Filed: 11/21/2011

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

                                                                            FILED
                                                                        November 21, 2011
                                     No. 11-30273
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

KIM HOGAN,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                                No. 2:92-CR-294-1

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*

       Kim Hogan, former federal prisoner # 23133-034, appeals the denial of his
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 motion for a new trial, which the district

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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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Cir. 1993) (unpublished).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 expira-
tion 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 sup-
ports 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). More-
over, 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.

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