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Parties Involved:
Clarence Easter
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-8371

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CLARENCE EASTER, a/k/a CJ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Chief

District Judge. (3:01-cr-00304-JRS-5)

Submitted: March 25, 2010 Decided: April 7, 2010

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Clarence Easter, Appellant Pro Se. Peter Sinclair Duffey, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Clarence Easter appeals the district court’s order 

granting his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006) motion for reduction 

of sentence and asserts that he should have received the 

specific reduction he sought. We have reviewed the record and 

find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm. See U.S. 

Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 1B1.10, p.s. (“The authorization 

of such a discretionary reduction . . . does not entitle a 

defendant to a reduced term of imprisonment as a matter of 

right.”); see also United States v. Stewart, 595 F.3d 197, 204

(4th Cir. 2010) (declining to determine that defendant was 

automatically entitled to a specific sentence reduction and 

noting that discretion to evaluate the policy and circumstances 

is vested in the district court). We dispense with oral 

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately 

presented in the materials before the court and argument would 

not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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