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Parties Involved:
Tyron Morton
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6624

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

TYRON MORTON, a/k/a Ty, a/k/a McKie Tyron Morton,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Aiken. Margaret B. Seymour, Senior District 

Judge. (1:10-cr-00466-MBS-9)

Submitted: August 28, 2015 Decided: September 4, 2015

Before MOTZ, AGEE, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tyron Morton, Appellant Pro Se. John David Rowell, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Tyron Morton appeals the district court’s order denying his 

18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motions for a sentence reduction. 

We generally review an order granting or denying a § 3582(c)(2) 

motion for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Goines, 

357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004). We review de novo, however,

a district court’s determination of the scope of its authority 

under § 3582(c)(2). United States v. Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247, 250 

(4th Cir. 2009). We have thoroughly reviewed the record and the 

relevant legal authorities and conclude that the district court 

did not err in denying Morton’s motions for a sentence 

reduction. We therefore 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 in the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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