DALE E. SAFFELS, United States District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant's Motion for Modification of an Imposed Term of Imprisonment (Doc. 54) brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582. For the following reasons, defendant's motion is denied.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 24, 1998, defendant pled guilty to one count of conspiring to possess, with the intent to distribute, in excess of five grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base (crack cocaine), a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and 846. On July 19, 1999, defendant was sentenced by this court to a 108 month term of imprisonment. No appeal was taken.
On July 3, 2000, defendant filed a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence (Doc. 45) brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In its Memorandum and Order (Doc. 53) dated March 8, 2001, the court denied defendant's request for relief. No appeal was taken. Defendant's instant motion seeks a modification of his sentence due to "extraordinary family circumstances."
II. DISCUSSION
Contrary to defendant's assertion, the court is not endeared with unfettered authority to modify a prisoner's sentence. United States v. Blackwell, 81 F.3d 945, 949 (10th Cir. 1996) ("A district court does not have inherent power to resentence defendants at any time.") (internal citation and quotation marks omitted). In particular, as mandated by federal statute, the court may only modify an existing sentence in three limited circumstances: (1) upon motion by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons in certain extraordinary circumstances or where the defendant has reached seventy years of age and has served at least thirty years in prison; (2) when "expressly permitted by statute or by Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;" or (3) when the defendant has been sentenced "based on a sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission." 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1).
Defendant claims his release from prison is necessary because his minor son has been characterized by the state of Kansas as a "child in need of care." A motion to modify based on extraordinary circumstances, however, must be made by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Simply put, defendant's situation fails to fall into one of the three circumstances listed above, and, as such, the court is without jurisdiction to modify defendant's sentence.
IT IS THEREFORE BY THIS COURT ORDERED that defendant's Motion for Modification of an Imposed Term of Imprisonment (Doc. 54) brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582 is denied.