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The question is whether section 404(c) of the FSA bars Jackson’s 2021 Motion. The answer is yes, because Jackson’s 2018 Motion received a “complete review…on the merits.” Section 404(c) states that “[n]o court shall entertain a motion made under [Section 404] to reduce a sentence…if a previous motion made under this section to reduce the sentence was…denied after a complete review of the motion on the merits.” Section 404(c) thus unambiguously “establishes that a defendant can file only one motion for resentencing.” United States v. Smith, 982 F.3d 106, 112 (2d Cir. 2020) (quoting United States v. Jackson, 945 F.3d 315, 321 (5th Cir. 2019)); see also United States v. Mannie, 971 F.3d 1145, 1152 (10th Cir. 2020) (stating that section 404(c) “essentially ensure[s] that offenders only get one bite of the apple”); United States v. Maxwell, 800 Fed. Appx. 373, 376 (6th Cir. 2020) (“The First Step Act gives defendants only one bite at the apple”).