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Parties Involved:
Jason L. McCright
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7600

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

JASON L. MCCRIGHT,

 Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

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

Chief District Judge. (4:09-cr-00022-RBS-TEM-1)

Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 22, 2015

Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jason L. McCright, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Edward Bradenham, 

II, Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

In November 2014, Jason L. McCright filed an 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for a sentence reduction. Because 

McCright was sentenced as a career offender, Amendment 782 to 

the Sentencing Guidelines, which reduced the offense levels 

applicable to drug offenses, did not have the effect of lowering 

his applicable Guidelines range. The district court therefore 

denied the motion. In September 2015, McCright filed a second 

§ 3582(c)(2) motion, again seeking the benefit of Amendment 782. 

The district court denied relief, and McCright now appeals. 

As the district court correctly concluded that it lacked 

authority to grant a motion to reconsider its ruling on a 

§ 3582(c)(2) motion, see United States v. Goodwyn, 596 F.3d 233, 

235-36 (4th Cir. 2010), we affirm the district court’s order. 

We also deny McCright’s motion to appoint counsel. 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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