United States v. Noel Martel

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7563

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

NOEL UMANZOR MARTEL, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:13-cr-00103-CMH-4)

Submitted: February 12, 2015 Decided: February 19, 2015

Before MOTZ, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Noel Umanzor Martel, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly Riley Pedersen, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Noel Umanzor Martel appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for modification of sentence. Once a sentence is imposed, the authority of a district court to modify it is strictly circumscribed. United States v. Addonizio, 442 U.S. 178, 189 (1979); United States v. Jackson, 802 F.2d 712, 716 (4th Cir. 1986). The district court had no such authority here, and we therefore affirm the denial of Martel’s motion for modification. 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