US v. Arthur Jone

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:08-cr-00088-RBS-FBS-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999712206]. Mailed to: Arthur Jones. [15-6856]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6856

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
ARTHUR NAKIA JONES,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Newport News.
Rebecca Beach Smith,
Chief District Judge. (4:08-cr-00088-RBS-FBS-1)

Submitted:

October 30, 2015

Decided:

December 4, 2015

Before KING, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Arthur Nakia Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt,
Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Arthur Nakia Jones appeals from the district court’s order
denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion to reduce his
sentence

pursuant

Guidelines

to

Manual

Amendment

(2014).

A

782

to

district

the

U.S.

court’s

Sentencing
decision

on

whether to reduce a sentence under § 3582(c)(2) is reviewed for
abuse of discretion, while its conclusion on the scope of its
legal

authority

under

that

provision

is

reviewed

de

novo.

United States v. Munn, 595 F.3d 183, 186 (4th Cir. 2010).
Our review of the record reveals that the district court
did not abuse its discretion in denying Jones’ motion.
United

States

v.

Smalls,

720

F.3d

193

(4th

Cir.

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

See
2013).

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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