US v. Edward Richards, III

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:14-cr-00385-CCB-1. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency [1000027876]. Mailed to: Edward Kermit Richards III. [16-7508]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7508

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
EDWARD KERMIT RICHARDS, III,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Catherine C. Blake, Chief District
Judge. (1:14-cr-00385-CCB-1)

Submitted:

February 16, 2017

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge,
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Decided:

DUNCAN,

February 22, 2017

Circuit

Judge,

and

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edward Kermit Richards, III, Appellant Pro Se.
Kenneth
Sutherland Clark, Seema Mittal, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY,
Baltimore,
Maryland,
Christopher
John
Romano,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Edward Kermit Richards, III, appeals the district court’s
order denying relief on his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion
for a sentence reduction pursuant to Amendments 782 and 794 to
the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual.
record and find no reversible error.
Guidelines

Amendments

under

which

We have reviewed the

Specifically, both of the

Richards

sought

a

sentence

reduction were in effect at the time of Richards’ February 2016
sentencing.

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

See United States v. Richards, No. 1:14–cr–00385–CCB–1 (D. Md.
Oct. 21, 2016).
facts

and

materials

legal
before

We dispense with oral argument because the
contentions

are

adequately

this

and

argument

court

presented

would

not

in

the

aid

the

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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