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Parties Involved:
Alphonso Davis
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 09-7727

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

 v. 

ALPHONSO DAVIS, 

 Defendant - Appellant. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Frank D. Whitney, 

District Judge. (3:95-cr-00059-FDW-1) 

Submitted: January 19, 2010 Decided: January 27, 2010 

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. 

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Alphonso Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM: 

 Alphonso Davis appeals the district court's order 

denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006) motion. On appeal, 

Davis contends that he should be resentenced under Amendment 706 

of the Sentencing Guidelines because the district court 

incorrectly categorized him as a career offender. See U.S. 

Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“USSG”) § 2D1.1(c) (2007 & Supp. 

2008); USSG App. C Amend. 706; see also USSG § 4B1.1. We note 

that Davis’ sentence was not determined by his status as a 

career offender. Rather, he was sentenced to the statutory 

mandatory minimum term under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) (2006). 

Therefore, Davis is not eligible for a sentencing reduction 

under the amendment to the guidelines. 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 the court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process. 

AFFIRMED

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