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Parties Involved:
Shawn Adamson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6030

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

SHAWN ADAMSON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Newport News. Robert G. Doumar, Senior 

District Judge. (4:11-cr-00088-RGD-FBS-3)

Submitted: May 18, 2016 Decided: May 23, 2016

Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shawn Adamson, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Shawn Adamson filed a self-styled “Request for reduction of 

sentence by appeal” that the district court construed as an appeal 

of its order granting Adamson a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3582 (2012) and Guidelines Amendment 782.* We have reviewed the 

record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for 

the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. 

Adamson, No. 4:11-cr-00088-RGD-FBS-3 (E.D. Va. entered Nov. 10, 

2014 and effective Nov. 1, 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

 *Because the document was construed as a notice of appeal of 

the district court’s order entered November 10, 2014, it is 

untimely. We decline to dismiss the appeal, however, because the 

Government has not moved to dismiss the appeal, and the appeal 

period in criminal cases is not jurisdictional. United States v. 

Urutyan, 564 F.3d 679, 684-86 (4th Cir. 2009).

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