United States v. Monquay Williams ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6711
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MONQUAY WILLIAMS, a/k/a Quay,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief
District Judge. (4:10-cr-00047-RBS-TEM-5)
Submitted: July 21, 2015 Decided: July 24, 2015
Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Monquay Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Bradenham, II,
Eric Matthew Hurt, Howard Jacob Zlotnick, Assistant United States
Attorneys, Valerie S. Muth, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY,
Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Monquay Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order
granting the Government’s motion to reduce his sentence. Under 18
U.S.C. § 3742(a) (2012), we “lack jurisdiction to review the extent
of the district court’s downward departure.” United States v.
Hill, 70 F.3d 321, 324 (4th Cir. 1995); see United States v. Davis,
679 F.3d 190, 193-94 (4th Cir. 2012) (explaining that, although
the court may entertain “challenges to the lawfulness of the method
used by the district court in making its sentencing decision,”
this court lacks “jurisdiction to review any part of a
discretionary sentencing decision”). Because the sole issue
raised on appeal attacks the extent of the reduction awarded by
the district court, we dismiss this appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. 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 in the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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