SUSAN C. BUCKLEW, District Judge.
This cause comes before the Court on pro se Defendant's Motion to Correct Sentence Under Plain Error Review. (Doc. 195) The United States filed a response (Doc. 197), and Defendant filed a reply (Doc. 198).
Defendant pleaded guilty to the crime with which he was charged. In October of 2012, the Court sentenced him to a prison term of 262 months and imposed a fine of $8,500,000. (Doc. 130)
Defendant now moves the Court to reconsider the fine it imposed, arguing that the fine is a result of plain error, unconstitutionally excessive, and a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause. In response, the United States argues that Defendant's motion should be denied because the Court lacks jurisdiction under Rule 35(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Although the United States also notes the available remedies of a direct appeal and collateral attack, Defendant contends he has no ability to seek those remedies.
A sentence to pay a fine may be corrected under Rule 35, see 8 U.S.C. § 3572(c), which in turn authorizes the Court to correct a clear error in the sentence within 14 days of sentencing, Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(a) (2009). Here, the 14-day window—a jurisdictional restriction, see United States v. Morrison, 204 F.3d 1091, 1093 (11th Cir. 2000)—has closed, leaving the Court without jurisdiction over the relief requested. Defendant's motion is therefore denied.
Accordingly, it is hereby