United States v. Arthur Jones

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 4, 2015
• Docket: 15-6856
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6856

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

ARTHUR NAKIA JONES,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief District Judge. (4:08-cr-00088-RBS-FBS-1)

Submitted: October 30, 2015 Decided: December 4, 2015

Before KING, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Arthur Nakia Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt, Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Arthur Nakia Jones appeals from the district court’s order

denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion to reduce his

sentence pursuant to Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing

Guidelines Manual (2014). A district court’s decision on

whether to reduce a sentence under § 3582(c)(2) is reviewed for

abuse of discretion, while its conclusion on the scope of its

legal authority under that provision is reviewed de novo.

United States v. Munn, 595 F.3d 183, 186 (4th Cir. 2010).

Our review of the record reveals that the district court

did not abuse its discretion in denying Jones’ motion. See

United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193 (4th Cir. 2013).

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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