Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-05-26 19:04:18.15284+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 17-6017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

             Plaintiff - Appellee,

             v.

JULIUS ADAIR WILEY,

             Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at
Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:14-cr-00048-CCE-5; 1:16-cv-
01252-CCE-LPA)

Submitted: May 23, 2017                                           Decided: May 26, 2017

Before KING, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Julius Adair Wiley, Appellant Pro Se. Sandra Jane Hairston, Robert Michael Hamilton,
Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

      Julius Adair Wiley appeals the district court’s order accepting the recommendation

of the magistrate judge, construing his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for a

sentence reduction as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion, and dismissing that motion as

second or successive. Although the district court should not have construed Wiley’s

motion as one arising under § 2255, we nevertheless agree with the court’s alternative

reasoning that Wiley is not entitled to relief under § 3582(c)(2) because the Sentencing

Commission has not authorized resentencing under Amendment 794 to the Sentencing

Guidelines. See U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 1B1.10(a)(1), (d) (2016); United

States v. McHan, 386 F.3d 620, 622 (4th Cir. 2004). We therefore affirm the denial of

relief on that basis.   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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