United States v. Tony Morris

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604 Submitted December 20, 2011* Decided June 11, 2012 Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge No. 11-2544 Appeal from the United States District Court for UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the Eastern District of Plaintiff-Appellee, Wisconsin. v. No. 02-CR-129 Rudolph T. Randa, Judge. TONY MORRIS, Defendant-Appellant. Order This appeal is a replay of United States v. Redd, 630 F.3d 649 (7th Cir. 2011). Defendant asked for a reduction under a retroactive Guideline. The judge reduced the sentence, but not as much as Morris desired. He did not appeal. Several months later, Morris again asked the district judge for a lower sentence. Redd holds that this sequence is not permissible. Once a district judge resolves an application under §3582(c)(2), the defendant can’t file another—and Redd holds that a motion for reconsideration filed after the time for appeal has expired must be treated as a fresh application. Morris’s second request, whether treated as a new motion or as a request for reconsideration, therefore was properly denied, and the district court’s decision is affirmed. * This successive appeal has been submitted to the original panel under Operating Procedure 6(b). After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); Cir. R. 34(f)