William Scott Sours v. RICARDO E. CHAVEZ, Warden

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WILLIAM SCOTT SOURS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
RICARDO E. CHAVEZ, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
No. 11-15797
D.C. No. 2:08-cv-01903-SRB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted January 17, 2012**
Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
William Scott Sours appeals pro se from the district court’s denial of his
motion for contempt. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Sours contends the district court abused its discretion by denying the motion
because the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) violated the district court’s August 27,
2009, order to stop collecting restitution payments through the Inmate Financial
FILED
JAN 19 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Responsibility Program (IFRP).
We review the denial of a motion for contempt for abuse of discretion.
Balla v. Idaho State Bd. of Corr., 869 F.2d 461, 464 (9th Cir. 1989). The record
shows that the BOP began collecting restitution payments again after Sours
voluntarily entered into a contract and agreed to participate in the IFRP.
Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion
for contempt. See United States v. Lemoine, 546 F.3d 1042, 1048 (9th Cir. 2008)
(“[N]othing in the text of the statute or our prior decisions places any limits on the
BOP’s operation of an independent program, such as the IFRP, that encourages
inmates voluntarily to make more generous restitution payments than mandated in
their respective judgments.”).
AFFIRMED.

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