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Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 11 2020 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30274 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:12-cr-00065-BMM-2 v. MEMORANDUM* STEVEN WILLIAM CARPENTER, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Brian M. Morris, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 5, 2020** Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges. Steven William Carp
Summary: NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 11 2020 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30274 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:12-cr-00065-BMM-2 v. MEMORANDUM* STEVEN WILLIAM CARPENTER, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Brian M. Morris, District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 5, 2020** Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges. Steven William Carpe..
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 11 2020
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 19-30274
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:12-cr-00065-BMM-2
v.
MEMORANDUM*
STEVEN WILLIAM CARPENTER,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Montana
Brian M. Morris, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 5, 2020**
Before: SCHROEDER, HAWKINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges.
Steven William Carpenter appeals pro se from the district court’s order
denying his motion for sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Reviewing for abuse of discretion,
see United States v. Townsend,
98 F.3d 510, 512 (9th Cir. 1996), we affirm.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The government asserts that Carpenter’s appeal should be dismissed because
Carpenter filed an untimely notice of appeal. Contrary to the government’s
contention, Carpenter’s notice of appeal was timely filed within fourteen days of
the district court’s order. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(b)(1)(A); Houston v. Lack,
487
U.S. 266, 270 (1988) (pro se prisoner’s notice of appeal is filed at the time the
prisoner delivers it to prison authorities).
Carpenter contends that he is entitled to a sentence reduction because he
suffers from debilitating medical conditions that have been exacerbated by his
confinement. However, Carpenter has not demonstrated that “extraordinary and
compelling reasons” warrant a sentence reduction because the recordi reflects that
his medical conditions are stable and have not substantially diminished his ability
to provide self-care within the facility. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i); U.S.S.G.
§ 1B1.13 cmt. n.1(A). The district court, therefore, did not abuse its discretion by
denying Carpenter’s motion for a sentence reduction.
AFFIRMED.
i
We have confined our review of the record to what was presented to the district
court and decline to consider documents Carpenter submitted for the first time on
appeal. See Rudin v. Myles,
781 F.3d 1043, 1057 n.18 (9th Cir. 2014) (generally
documents that are not filed with the district court cannot be made part of the
appellate record). Even were we to consider the documents, however, it would not
affect the outcome of this case.
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