United States v. Chandar Bingham ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7229
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
CHANDAR BINGHAM,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Senior
District Judge. (3:01-cr-00270-JRS-3)
Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 22, 2015
Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Chandar Bingham, Appellant Pro Se. Jessica D. Aber, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Laura Colombell Marshall, Elizabeth
Wu, Assistant United States Attorneys, Richmond, Virginia,
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Chandar Bingham appeals the district court’s order denying
Bingham’s 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for sentence
reduction based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing
Guidelines Manual (2014). Based on our review of the record, we
conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
denying the motion based on the risk Bingham poses to public
safety. See United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193, 195 (4th
Cir. 2013) (“Whether to reduce a sentence and to what extent is
a matter within the court’s discretion.”). Accordingly, we
affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See United
States v. Bingham, No. 3:01-cr-00270-JRS-3 (E.D. Va. July 24,
2015). 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
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