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Parties Involved:
Bernard Middleton
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6371

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

BERNARD MIDDLETON, d/b/a Cass,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior

District Judge. (1:92-cr-00348-CMH-3)

Submitted: June 19, 2015 Decided: June 30, 2015

Before NIEMEYER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Bernard Middleton, Appellant Pro Se. James L. Trump, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Bernard Middleton appeals from the district court’s orders 

denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion and his motion 

for reconsideration. Middleton contended that his sentence 

exceeds the statutory maximum term to which he allegedly was 

subject and that a sentencing issue was not presented to the 

jury. We affirm the district court’s judgment. Middleton’s 

claims are not based upon a change in the Guidelines and 

therefore are not properly raised in a § 3582(c)(2) motion. 

Instead, the claims sound in habeas corpus. 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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