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Parties Involved:
Gregory Douglas Smith
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6054

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

GREGORY DOUGLAS SMITH, a/k/a Binky,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western 

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Michael F. Urbanski, District 

Judge. (7:04-cr-00072-SGW-9)

Submitted: July 21, 2016 Decided: July 25, 2016

Before SHEDD, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christine Madeleine Lee, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, 

Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas Linn Eckert, Craig Jon 

Jacobsen, Donald Ray Wolthuis, Assistant United States 

Attorneys, Rick A. Mountcastle, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Gregory Douglas Smith appeals the district court’s order 

denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for sentence reduction 

based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual

(2014). We review a district court’s decision under 

§ 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion, but conduct de novo review 

of the court’s determination “as to the scope of its legal 

authority.” United States v. Mann, 709 F.3d 301, 304 (4th Cir. 

2013). We find no error in the district court’s conclusion that 

Amendment 782 did not further reduce the Guidelines range 

applicable to Smith’s narcotics conviction. Accordingly, we 

affirm the district court’s order. See United States v. Smith, 

No. 7:04–cr–00072–SGW-9 (W.D. Va. Jan. 4, 2016). 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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