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Parties Involved:
Richard Allen Brown
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6957

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

RICHARD ALLEN BROWN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

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

District Judge. (7:09-cr-00117-FL-1)

Submitted: August 20, 2015 Decided: August 25, 2015

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Allen Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Richard Allen Brown appeals the district court’s order 

denying his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to 

18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012), based upon Amendments 750, 781, 

and 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines. We have reviewed the 

record and find no reversible error. See United States v. 

Thomas, 775 F.3d 982, 982-83 (8th Cir. 2014) (holding that 

Amendment 782 reductions in drug offense levels do not apply to 

defendants whose offense levels were based on career offender 

enhancement rather than on drug Guidelines). Accordingly, we

affirm the district court’s denial of relief, grant Brown’s 

request to seal his informal brief, deny his request to seal the 

remainder of the record, and deny his motion for appointment of 

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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