US v. Trini McDaniel

Filing 920090318

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6031

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TRINI MCDANIEL, a/k/a John Paul Morris, a/k/a Brother-inLaw, a/k/a Bro-Law, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief District Judge. (3:96-cr-00041-JRS-7)

Submitted:

March 12, 2009

Decided:

March 18, 2009

Before MOTZ and Circuit Judge

SHEDD,

Circuit

Judges,

and

HAMILTON,

Senior

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Trini McDaniel, Appellant Pro Se. Assistant United States Attorney, Appellee.

Richard Richmond,

Daniel Cooke, Virginia, for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Trini McDaniel appeals a district court order denying his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (2006). a The district court found McDaniel was not eligible for because he was responsible for more than 4.5

reduction

kilograms of crack cocaine. We denying find the

We affirm. did a not abuse its discretion United

district for

McDaniel's

motion

sentence

reduction.

States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004) (stating standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm the district

court's order.

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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