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Parties Involved:
Walter G. Brown
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7901

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

WALTER G. BROWN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior 

District Judge. (3:08-cr-00590-CMC-11)

Submitted: May 16, 2016 Decided: May 25, 2016

Before MOTZ, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Walter G. Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Julius Ness Richardson, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for 

Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Walter G. Brown appeals the district court’s order denying 

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

§ 3582(c)(2) (2012). Generally, we review an order denying a 

§ 3582(c)(2) motion for abuse of discretion. See United States 

v. Munn, 595 F.3d 183, 186 (4th Cir. 2010). We review de novo, 

however, a district court’s determination of the scope of its 

authority under § 3582(c)(2). United States v. Williams, 808 

F.3d 253, 256 (4th Cir. 2015). Based on our review of the 

record and relevant legal authorities, we conclude that the 

district court did not err in determining that it lacked 

authority to grant Brown’s motion for a sentence reduction. 

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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