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Parties Involved:
Lenardo Rodrikus McGee
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-4686

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

LENARDO RODRIKUS MCGEE,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle

District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief

District Judge. (1:06-cr-00444-JAB)

Submitted: October 31, 2007 Decided: December 4, 2007

Before TRAXLER, SHEDD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Louis C. Allen, Federal Public Defender, William C. Ingram, First

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for

Appellant. Anna Mills Wagoner, United States Attorney, David P.

Folmar, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North

Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Lenardo Rodrikus McGee appeals from his 117-month

sentence. He contends that the district court erred in declining

to vary from the advisory Sentencing Guidelines range on the basis

of the harshness of the Guidelines’ 100:1 crack-to-powder cocaine

ratio.

McGee’s claim is barred by our prior decision that a

sentencing court cannot vary from the advisory Sentencing

Guidelines range based on a disagreement with the sentencing

disparity for crack and powder cocaine offenses. See United States

v. Eura, 440 F.3d 625, 633-34 (4th Cir. 2006), petition for cert.

filed, __ U.S.L.W. __ (U.S. June 20, 2006) (No. 05-11659).

Accordingly, we affirm McGee’s sentence. We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before the court and argument would not

aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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