US v. Richard Madera

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:02-cr-00225-HEH-3 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998937266]. Mailed to: Ricahrd Madera. [12-6998]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-6998

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RICHARD MADERA,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:02-cr-00225-HEH-3)

Submitted:

September 11, 2012

Decided:

September 13, 2012

Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Madera, Appellant Pro Se.
Assistant United States Attorney,
Appellee.

David Thomas Maguire,
Richmond, Virginia, for

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Richard Madera appeals a district court order granting
his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)
(2006).

The Government opposed the motion based on the nature

and circumstances of Madera’s conviction.

The district court

found Madera’s Guidelines sentence was lowered due to recent
amendments to the Guidelines and reduced his sentence, but not
to the extent requested by Madera.

We conclude that the court

did not abuse its discretion.

United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d

469,

(stating

478

(4th

Cir.

2004)

standard

of

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

review).

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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