US v. Phillip Jernigan, Jr.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 2:12-cr-00142-RAJ-TEM-1. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000055500]. Mailed to: Phillip Jernigan, Jr.. [16-7744]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7744

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
PHILLIP RAY JERNIGAN, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
Judge. (2:12-cr-00142-RAJ-TEM-1)

Submitted:

March 30, 2017

Decided:

April 4, 2017

Before TRAXLER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Phillip Ray Jernigan, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Darryl James
Mitchell, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Phillip

Ray

Jernigan,

Jr.,

appeals

the

district

court’s

order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for a
sentence reduction pursuant to Amendment 782 to the Sentencing
Guidelines.

We have reviewed the record and find no abuse of

discretion.

See United States v. Muldrow, 844 F.3d 434, 437

(4th Cir. 2016) (providing standard).

Accordingly, we affirm

for the reasons stated by the district court.

United States v.

Jernigan, No. 2:12-cr-00142-RAJ-TEM-1 (E.D. Va. Nov. 21, 2016).
We

dispense

contentions

with
are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the

facts

and

the

materials

legal
before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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