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Parties Involved:
Dudley Kim Smith
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-7118

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

DUDLEY KIM SMITH,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Charlottesville. James P. Jones, Chief 

District Judge. (3:99-cr-00007-jpj-6)

Submitted: April 22, 2010 Decided: April 26, 2010

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dudley Kim Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Bruce A. Pagel, OFFICE OF 

THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia; Jeb 

Thomas Terrien, Assistant United States Attorney, Harrisonburg, 

Virginia; Donald Ray Wolthuis, Assistant United States Attorney, 

Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Dudley Smith appeals the district court’s order 

granting his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (2006) motion. Insofar as 

Smith claims the court could have considered an even lower 

sentence below the Sentencing Guidelines range, this claim is 

foreclosed by United States v. Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247 (4th Cir.) 

(“[A] district judge is not authorized to reduce a defendant’s 

sentence below the amended guideline range.”), cert. denied, 129 

S. Ct. 2401 (2009). We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated 

by the district court. United States v. Smith, No. 3:99-cr00007-jpj-1 (W.D. Va. June 11, 2008). 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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