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Parties Involved:
Darnell Michael Dunn
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-7494

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

DARNELL MICHAEL DUNN, a/k/a Doughboy,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (5:11-cr-00274-FL-1)

Submitted: December 15, 2015 Decided: December 18, 2015

Before GREGORY and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Darnell Michael Dunn, Appellant Pro Se. Seth Morgan Wood, 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Darnell Michael Dunn appeals the district court’s orders 

granting his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to 18 

U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)(2012) and denying his motion for 

reconsideration. We have reviewed the record and find no 

reversible error. Because the Government’s substantial 

assistance motion was based on U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual

§ 5K1.1 and not 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) (2012), the district court 

lacked authority to reduce Dunn’s sentence below the statutory 

mandatory minimum. Melendez v. United States, 518 U.S. 120, 

126-27 (1996); United States v. Allen, 450 F.3d 565, 568-70 (4th 

Cir. 2006). Further, as the district court correctly noted, it 

was without authority to rule on Dunn’s motion for 

reconsideration. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s 

orders. 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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