US v. Steven Richardson

Filing 920091001

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6741 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. STEVEN GREGORY RICHARDSON, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Senior District Judge. (5:05-cr-00298-F-1) Submitted: September 4, 2009 Decided: October 1, 2009 Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Steven Gregory Richardson, Appellant Pro Se. Anne Margaret Hayes, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Steven Gregory Richardson appeals the district court's order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of sentence. The Government has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that Richardson's notice of appeal was untimely filed. Although Appeal" the was document untimely, Richardson he captioned filed as a a "motion of for earlier "request certificate of appealability" within the ten-day appeal period. Because we construe Richardson's "request" to be a timely notice of appeal, see Fed. R. App. P. 3, we deny the Government's motion to dismiss. Nevertheless, we have reviewed the record Accordingly, we affirm for the court. United States v. We and find no reversible error. reasons stated by the district Richardson, No. 5:05-cr-00298-F-1 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 26, 2009). 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 2

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