US v. Travis Jone

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:08-cr-00040-JPJ-1. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999705738]. Mailed to: Travis Jones. [15-6652]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6652

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
TRAVIS DELL JONES,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Abingdon.
James P. Jones, District
Judge. (1:08-cr-00040-JPJ-1)

Submitted:

October 19, 2015

Decided:

November 24, 2015

Before WILKINSON and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry W. Shelton, Federal Public Defender, Brian J. Beck,
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Abingdon, Virginia, for
Appellant. Anthony P. Giorno, United States Attorney, Jean B.
Hudson, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlottesville,
Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Travis

Dell

Jones

appeals

the

district

court’s

order

denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for a sentence
reduction.
§ 3582(c)(2)

We generally review an order granting or denying a
motion

for

abuse

of

discretion.

See

States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004).

United

We review

de novo, however, a district court’s determination of the scope
of its authority under § 3582(c)(2).
551 F.3d 247, 250 (4th Cir. 2009).

United States v. Dunphy,
We have thoroughly reviewed

the record and the relevant legal authorities and conclude that
the district court did not err in denying Jones’ motion for a
sentence reduction.
order.
legal
before

We therefore affirm the district court’s

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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