US v. Maurice Patton

Filing 920081201

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-7183

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MAURICE DANIEL PATTON, a/k/a Fats, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge. (2:03-cr-00148-JBF-JEB-1)

Submitted:

November 20, 2008

Decided:

December 1, 2008

Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Maurice Daniel Patton, Appellant Pro Se. Laura Marie Everhart, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Maurice orders denying Daniel Patton for a appeals the district of court's filed

his

motion

reduction

sentence

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006), and reconsideration of that order. We have reviewed the record and find no

reversible error.

Accordingly, we find the district court did See United

not abuse its discretion in denying the motion.

States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004) (motion under § 3582(c) "is subject to the discretion of the district court"); United States v. Legree, 205 F.3d 724, 727 (4th Cir. 2000). Thus, we affirm the district court's orders for the See United States v. Patton, No. 2:03Va. June 5 for & June 24, 2008). at We the

reasons stated therein. cr-00148-JBF-JEB-01 further deny (E.D.

Patton's

request

transcripts

Government's expense.

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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