United States v. Christopher Davis ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-7115
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
CHRISTOPHER ANTONIO DAVIS, a/k/a PT,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken. Margaret B. Seymour, Senior District
Judge. (1:10-cr-00968-MBS-1)
Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 31, 2015
Before KING and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher Antonio Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Stanley D.
Ragsdale, Julius Ness Richardson, Assistant United States
Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Antonio Davis appeals the district court’s
order denying his motion for a reduction of sentence pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012). We generally review an order
denying a § 3582(c)(2) motion for abuse of discretion. See
United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004). We
review de novo, however, a district court’s determination of the
scope of its authority under § 3582(c)(2). United States v.
Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247, 250 (4th Cir. 2009). Based on our review
of the record and the relevant legal authorities, we conclude
that the district court did not err in denying Davis’ motion for
a sentence reduction. We therefore affirm the district court’s
order. We deny Davis’ motion for appointment of 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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