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Parties Involved:
Joseph Alvarez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-7021

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

JOSEPH ALVAREZ, a/k/a Joe Hill,

Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern 

District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. David A. Faber, Senior 

District Judge. (1:95-cr-00072-6)

Submitted: February 11, 2010 Decided: March 1, 2010

Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joseph Alvarez, Appellant Pro Se. John Lanier File, Assistant 

United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Joseph Alvarez appeals the district court’s orders 

granting his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006) motion for reduction 

of sentence and denying his motion to proceed in forma pauperis 

on appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(c)(3) (2006). We have 

reviewed the record and find no reversible error.* Accordingly, 

we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United 

States v. Alvarez, No. 1:95-cr-00072-6 (S.D. W. Va. May 11, 

2009; June 1, 2009). 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

 

* We note that Alvarez has been permitted to proceed in 

forma pauperis on appeal, rendering moot his challenge to the 

district court’s denial of his motion to proceed on appeal in 

forma pauperis.

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