IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
May 13, 2009
No. 08-10745
Summary Calendar Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
BRENDA LEE FORD
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:95-CR-16-1
Before DAVIS, GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Brenda Lee Ford, federal prisoner # 26255-077, was sentenced to a
324-month term of imprisonment following a 1995 conviction for conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute
cocaine. Based on Ford’s motion to reduce her sentence under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2) due to the crack cocaine amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines,
the district court reduced the aggregate sentence of 324 months to 262 months
in prison.
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.
No. 08-10745
On June 24, 2008, Ford filed a pro se “motion to revisit sentencing in the
interest of justice under newly defined law of the § U.S.S.G.” Ford asserted that
her prior convictions did not qualify her as a career offender. The district court
denied the motion as an unauthorized motion. On appeal, Ford has not shown
a jurisdictional basis for her motion to revisit. Because Ford has appealed an
unauthorized motion, we dismiss the appeal on the basis that the district court
lacked jurisdiction. See United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir. 1994).
DISMISSED.
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