United States v. Pierre Marshall

MEMORANDUM

Pierre Marshall appeals from the district court’s order denying his motion for reconsideration of an oral September 1995 order denying an oral motion for a complete resentencing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

Marshall’s motion for reconsideration was filed almost 15 years after the oral order and is therefore untimely. The Federal Rules require motions for reconsideration to be filed within the time for appeal, which in 1995 was 10 days after the order. Fed. R.App. P. 4(b) (1995); see also Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 546 , 69 S.Ct. 1221 , 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949) (designating as final orders that leave no question “open, unfinished, or inconclusive”); United States v. Belgarde, 300 F.3d 1177, 1180 (9th Cir.2002).

Additionally, we already rejected Marshall’s argument that he is entitled to a full resentencing because his conviction never became final due to the district court’s failure to enter an amended judgment following his direct appeal in 1995. United States v. Marshall, 350 Fed.Appx. 151 (9th Cir.2009). Marshall’s appeal is therefore barred under the law of the case. In the 2009 appeal, we also determined that…