United States v. Michael Rufus

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: August 13, 2024
• Docket: 24-6623
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6623

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

MICHAEL ALONZA RUFUS,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:02-cr-00550-MGL-1)

Submitted: August 5, 2024 Decided: August 13, 2024

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Alonza Rufus, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Michael Alonza Rufus, a federal prisoner serving a revocation sentence, appeals the

district court’s order denying his motion for a sentence reduction based on Amendment

821. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm

the district court’s order. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2); U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual

§ 1B1.10 cmt. n.8(A); United States v. Spruhan, 989 F.3d 266, (4th Cir. 2021) (explaining

that “sentence reductions must be ‘consistent with applicable policy statements issued by

the Sentencing Commission’”); United States v. Rufus, No. 3:02-cr-00550-MGL-1 (D.S.C.

June 3, 2024). We deny the motion to expedite as moot. 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