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Parties Involved:
Arthur Nakia Jones
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6856

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

ARTHUR NAKIA JONES,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith, 

Chief District Judge. (4:08-cr-00088-RBS-FBS-1)

Submitted: October 30, 2015 Decided: December 4, 2015

Before KING, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Arthur Nakia Jones, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:

Arthur Nakia Jones appeals from the district court’s order 

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

sentence pursuant to Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing 

Guidelines Manual (2014). A district court’s decision on 

whether to reduce a sentence under § 3582(c)(2) is reviewed for 

abuse of discretion, while its conclusion on the scope of its 

legal authority under that provision is reviewed de novo. 

United States v. Munn, 595 F.3d 183, 186 (4th Cir. 2010).

Our review of the record reveals that the district court 

did not abuse its discretion in denying Jones’ motion. See

United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193 (4th Cir. 2013). 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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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