United States v. Dormonic Jones ( 2022 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6726
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DORMONIC MONTELARY JONES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:07-cr-00112-WO-1)
Submitted: March 30, 2022 Decided: April 22, 2022
Before NIEMEYER, DIAZ, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dormonic Montelary Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Dormonic Montelary Jones appeals the district court’s order granting in part and
denying in part Jones’ request for a sentence reduction pursuant to § 404 of the First Step
Act of 2018, Pub L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194. On appeal, we confine our review to the
issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Jones’ informal brief
does not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, he has forfeited appellate
review of the court’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014)
(“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is
limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s
judgment. 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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