US v. Henry Jordan

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:15-cr-00109-CCE-2 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999842070].. [15-4641]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-4641

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
HENRY JAMES JORDAN,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles,
District Judge. (1:15-cr-00109-CCE-2)

Submitted:

May 31, 2016

Decided:

June 3, 2016

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mark A. Jones, BELL, DAVIS & PITT, PA, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, for Appellant.
Dana James Boente, Acting United
States
Attorney,
Alexandria,
Virginia,
Graham
Tod
Green,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Henry James Jordan pled guilty in accordance with a written
plea

agreement

to

bank

robbery

§ 2113(a), and § 2 (2012).

in

violation

of

18

U.S.C.

He was sentenced to 77 months of

imprisonment, the bottom of his properly calculated Sentencing
Guidelines range.
brief

in

Jordan appeals and his attorney has filed a

accordance

with

Anders

v.

California,

386

U.S.

738

(1967), questioning whether he knowingly and voluntarily pled
guilty, but concluding that there are no meritorious issues for
appeal.

Jordan

was

advised

of

the

right

supplemental brief but has failed to do so.

to

file

a

pro

se

We affirm.

Because Jordan did not attempt to withdraw his guilty plea
in the district court, we review this issue for plain error, see
United States v. Martinez, 277 F.3d 517, 527 (4th Cir. 2002)
(stating standard), and find none.
hearing

reveals

it

was

conducted

A review of Jordan’s plea
in

compliance

with

Fed.

R.

Crim. P. 11 and that he knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty.
Pursuant to Anders, we have reviewed the entire record and
have found no meritorious issues for appeal.

Accordingly, we

affirm the district court’s judgment. This court requires that
counsel inform Jordan, in writing, of the right to petition the
Supreme

Court

of

the

United

States

for

further

review.

If

Jordan requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes
that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move
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to

withdraw

from

representation.

Counsel’s motion must state that a copy thereof was served on
Jordan.
legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
AFFIRMED

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