United States v. Kunta Redd ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7209
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
KUNTA KENTA REDD,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Dever III,
Chief District Judge. (7:08-cr-00043-D-1)
Submitted: November 12, 2015 Decided: December 23, 2015
Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kunta Kenta Redd, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Gordon James,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kunta Kenta Redd appeals from the district court’s order
denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion to reduce his
sentence. 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 Redd’s motion.
See United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193 (4th Cir. 2013).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. United
States v. Redd, No. 7:08-cr-00043-D-1 (E.D.N.C. Aug. 8, 2014).
We deny Redd’s motion to appoint counsel and 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
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