United States v. Andrew Colson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-10287 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 2:03-CR-00559-RCJ

ANDREW COLSON,

ORDER

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert C. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 23, 2009*

Filed March 10, 2009

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Michael Daly Hawkins and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

COUNSEL

Franny A. Forsman, Federal Public Defender, Jason F. Carr, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellant.

Gregory A. Browner, United States Attorney, Peter S. Levitt, Assistant United States Attorney, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellee.

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

2987 2988 UNITED STATES v. COLSON

ORDER

Andrew Colson (“Colson”) appeals from the district court’s decision regarding a discretionary reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2). Colson acknowledges that the district court’s decision is not reviewable under…