US v. Jeffrey Joyner

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 4:11-cr-00078-D-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000044034]. Mailed to: Jeffrey Joyner. [16-7594]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7594

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JEFFREY BERNARD JOYNER,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Greenville. James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (4:11-cr-00078-D-1)

Submitted:

March 14, 2017

Before FLOYD and
Circuit Judge.

HARRIS,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

March 17, 2017

DAVIS,

Senior

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeffrey Bernard Joyner, Appellant Pro Se.
Jennifer P. MayParker,
Assistant
United
States
Attorney,
Raleigh,
North
Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jeffrey Bernard Joyner appeals the district court’s order
denying

Joyner’s

18

U.S.C.

§ 3582(c)(2)

(2012)

motion

for

sentence reduction based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing
Guidelines Manual (2014).

Based on our review of the record, we

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
denying the motion based on the risk Joyner poses to public
safety.

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,

affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

we

See United

States v. Joyner, No. 4:11-cr-00078-D-1 (E.D.N.C. filed Nov. 11,
2016; entered Nov. 14, 2016).

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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