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Case: 22-50590        Document: 00516653683             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/23/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50590
                                    Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                    ____________                              February 23, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                         Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Paul Ross Evans,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 1:07-CR-98-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Paul Ross Evans, federal prisoner # 83230-180, appeals the district
   court’s dismissal of his motion for a reduction in his sentence as an
   unauthorized motion for which it lacked jurisdiction. He also moves for the
   appointment of counsel.

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50590      Document: 00516653683           Page: 2     Date Filed: 02/23/2023

                                     No. 22-50590

          We review a district court’s decision to deny a motion for
   compassionate release for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Cooper, 996
   F.3d 283, 286 (5th Cir. 2021). A district court abuses its discretion when it
   “bases its decision on an error of law or a clearly erroneous assessment of the
   evidence.” United States v. Chambliss, 948 F.3d 691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020)
   (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
          Evans does not challenge the basis of the district court’s dismissal.
   Instead, he has raised arguments not presented in the motion at issue. We
   do not consider newly raised arguments. See United States v. Thompson, 984
   F.3d 431, 432 n.1 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 141 S. Ct. 2688 (2021); Leverette v.
   Louisville Ladder Co., 183 F.3d 339, 342 (5th Cir. 1999). Moreover, Evans has
   waived the only viable appellate issue. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222,
   224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Howard v.
   King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2. The
   Government’s motion for summary affirmance is DENIED.
          As he has failed to heed our earlier warning, Evans is ORDERED to
   pay a sanction of $100 to the clerk of this court, and he is BARRED from
   filing in this court or any court subject to this court’s jurisdiction a challenge
   to his conviction and sentence until the sanction is paid, unless he obtains
   leave of the court in which he seeks to file such challenge. Evans is once again
   WARNED that any repetitive or frivolous filings in this court or any court
   subject to this court’s jurisdiction may invite the imposition of further
   sanctions, including dismissal, monetary sanctions, and restrictions on his
   ability to file pleadings in this court and any court subject to this court’s
   jurisdiction.

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