United States v. Jose Velazquez

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: September 24, 2024
• Docket: 24-6373
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6373

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOSE VELAZQUEZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Max O. Cogburn, Jr., District Judge. (3:20-cr-00047-MOC-DCK-1)

Submitted: September 19, 2024 Decided: September 24, 2024

Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jose Velazquez, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Jose Velazquez appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 18 U.S.C.

§ 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction. “We review a district court’s decision

[whether] to reduce a sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion and its

ruling as to the scope of its legal authority under § 3582(c)(2) de novo.” United States v.

Mann, 709 F.3d 301, 304 (4th Cir. 2013). Our review of the record reveals no error. The

court clearly understood its authority to reduce Velazquez’s sentence and recognized

Velazquez’s postsentencing conduct, but the court declined to grant a reduction based on

its review of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and Velazquez’s failure to demonstrate an

extraordinary and compelling reason to grant relief.

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