Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andres CHACON, a/k/a Dre, a/k/a Buddha, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-03-27
Citations: 598 F. App'x 863
Docket Number: No. 14-4611
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andres CHACON, a/k/a Dre, a/k/a Buddha, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 598
Pages: 863–864

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andres CHACON, a/k/a Dre, a/k/a Buddha, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-4611.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 18, 2015.
Decided: March 27, 2015.
Benjamin T. Stepp, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Andrew Burke Moor-man, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Andres Chacon pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (2012). The district court calculated Cha-con's Guidelines range under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (2013) at 70 to 87 months' imprisonment and sentenced Chacon to 60 months' imprisonment. .On appeal, Chacon's counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), stating that there are no meritorious issues for appeal, but raising as an issue for review whether the district court erred in failing to afford Chacon sentencing credit for 208 days he served on a discharged term of incarceration. The Government declined to file a brief. Chacon was informed of his right to file a pro se supplemental brief, but he has not done so. We affirm.
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) (2012), a criminal defendant "shall be given credit toward the service of a term of imprison ment for any time he has spent in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences." Section 3585(b), however, does not permit a district court to award credit at sentencing. United States v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329, 333, 112 S.Ct. 1351, 117 L.Ed.2d 593 (1992). Rather, only the Attorney General, acting through the Bureau of Prisons, may compute sentencing credit. Id. at 333-37, 112 S.Ct. 1351. Therefore, as counsel correctly concedes, the district court was without authority to award Chacon sentencing credit for the 208 days he served on the discharged term.
Additionally, in accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm the district court's judgment. This court requires that counsel inform Chacon, in writing, of the right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Cha-con requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Chacon.
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.