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Parties Involved:
Stephen D. Gills
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7539

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

STEPHEN D. GILLS,

 Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., 

Senior District Judge. (2:14-cr-00160-HCM-DEM-1)

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stephen D. Gills, Appellant Pro Se. Melissa Elaine O’Boyle, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Stephen Gills appeals the district court’s order denying 

his motion to modify his schedule of restitution payments. When 

a defendant is ordered to pay restitution, and a “‘material 

change in the defendant’s economic circumstances [] might affect 

the defendant’s ability to pay restitution,’” the sentencing 

“court is authorized to adjust the payment schedule as the 

interests of justice require.” United States v. Grant, 715 F.3d 

552, 554 (4th Cir. 2013) (quoting 18 U.S.C. § 3664(k)). Here, 

the district court found that Gills had alleged no material 

changes. We have reviewed the record and found no reversible 

error in the district court’s order declining to modify its 

restitution schedule. See United States v. Gills, No. 

2:14-cr-00160-HCM-DEM (E.D. Va. Sept. 8, 2015). 

Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Gills’ motion. 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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