US v. Demetrius Whitehead

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:10-cr-00213-F-1. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999873262]. Mailed to: Demetrius Whitehead. [16-6297]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6297

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DEMETRIUS DARRELL WHITEHEAD,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge. (5:10-cr-00213-F-1)

Submitted:

June 23, 2016

Decided:

June 29, 2016

Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Demetrius Darrell Whitehead, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. MayParker, Assistant United States Attorney, Denise Walker, Seth
Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Demetrius

Darrell

Whitehead

appeals

the

district

court’s

order granting his motion for reduction of sentence, 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c) (2012), and reducing his sentence from 188 months to
162 months of imprisonment.

We have reviewed the record and

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
declining to grant a greater reduction in Whitehead’s sentence.
See United States v. Mann, 709 F.3d 301, 304 (4th Cir. 2013)
(providing standard of review).
reasons

stated

by

the

Accordingly, we affirm for the

district

court.

United

States

v.

Whitehead, No. 5:10-cr-00213-F-1 (E.D.N.C. Jan. 27, 2016).

We

deny

we

Whitehead’s

dispense

with

contentions

are

“motion

oral

for

argument

adequately

abuse

of

because

presented

in

discretion,”
the
the

facts

and

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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