US v. Mecca Evan

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999873463]. Mailed to: M. Evans. [16-6279]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6279

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MECCA TAURICE EVANS,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence.
Terry L. Wooten, Chief District
Judge. (4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1)

Submitted:

June 23, 2016

Decided:

June 29, 2016

Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mecca Taurice Evans, Appellant Pro Se.
Carrie Fisher Sherard,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mecca

Taurice

Evans

appeals

the

district

court’s

order

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

based

on

Amendment

Guidelines Manual (2014).

782

to

the

U.S.

Sentencing

Based on our review of the record, we

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
denying

the

motion

based

on

underlying offense conduct.

the

severity

and

scope

of

the

See United States v. Smalls, 720

F.3d 193, 195 (4th Cir. 2013) (“Whether to reduce a sentence and
to what extent is a matter within the court’s discretion.”).
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district
court.

See

United

States

(D.S.C. Feb. 9, 2016).

v.

Evans,

No.

4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1

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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