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Parties Involved:
Torrence Devon Applewhite
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7913

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TORRENCE DEVON APPLEWHITE,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Greenville. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (4:08-cr-00058-FL-1)

Submitted: February 25, 2016 Decided: March 2, 2016

Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Torrence Devon Applewhite, Appellant Pro Se. William Glenn Perry, 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville, North Carolina, 

for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Torrence Devon Applewhite appeals the district court’s orders 

denying his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3582(c)(2) (2012) and his motion for reconsideration. We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error. The district 

court lacked authority to reduce Applewhite’s sentence below the 

statutory mandatory minimum. Melendez v. United States, 518 U.S. 

120, 126-27 (1996); United States v. Allen, 450 F.3d 565, 568-70 

(4th Cir. 2006). Further, the district court was without authority 

to rule on Applewhite’s motion for reconsideration. United 

States v. Goodwyn, 596 F.3d 233, 235-36 (4th Cir. 2010). 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. 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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