US v. Knight

Filing 920071016

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6401

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus ELBERT THOMAS KNIGHT, Defendant - Appellant.

No. 07-6402

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus ELBERT THOMAS KNIGHT, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District Judge. (2:96-cr-00196-HCM; 2:00-cr-00056-RAJ)

Submitted:

October 11, 2007

Decided:

October 16, 2007

Before MICHAEL and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Elbert Thomas Knight, Appellant Pro Se. James Ashford Metcalfe, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Elbert Thomas Knight

appeals the district court's order

denying reconsideration of his

motion seeking an order to compel the Government to file a motion to reduce his sentence based on substantial assistance. reviewed the record and find no reversible error. We have

Accordingly, we See United

affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

States v. Knight, Nos. 2:96-cr-00196-HCM; 2:00-cr-00056-RAJ (E.D. Va. filed Feb. 27, 2007; entered Feb. 28, 2007). oral argument because the facts and legal We dispense with contentions are

adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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