US v. Barnes

Filing 920060801

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 05-5134

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus MARCEL BARNES, a/k/a Larry Kevin Brown, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, District Judge. (CR-94-52)

Submitted:

July 19, 2006

Decided:

August 1, 2006

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Marcel Barnes, Appellant Pro Se. Laura Marie Everhart, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Marcel Barnes appeals the district court's order granting his 28 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2000) motion and reducing his sentence from life in prison to 360 months. We reject Barnes' claim on

appeal that he can raise a challenge to his sentence under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), in a § 3582(c)(2) motion. See United States v. Moreno, 421 F.3d 1217, 1220-21 (11th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1643 (2006). record and find no reversible error. We have reviewed the

Accordingly, we affirm for

the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Barnes, No. CR-94-52 (E.D. Va. Nov. 4, 2005). We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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