US v. James Taylor

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 3:94-cr-00040-FDW-4 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999027313]. Mailed to: James Darren Taylor. [12-7918]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-7918

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JAMES DARREN TAYLOR,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte.
Frank D. Whitney,
District Judge. (3:94-cr-00040-FDW-4)

Submitted:

January 17, 2013

Decided: January 23, 2013

Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Darren Taylor, Appellant Pro Se.
Amy Elizabeth Ray,
Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James Darren Taylor appeals the district court’s order
granting his motion for a sentence reduction filed pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006).

We have reviewed the record and

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by
not

considering

offense.

the

current

statutory

sentence

for

Taylor’s

See United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th

Cir. 2004) (motion under § 3582(c) “is subject to the discretion
of the district court”).
order.
legal
before

Thus, we affirm the district court’s

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
the

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
AFFIRMED

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