US v. Desmond Farmer, No. 18-6729 (4th Cir. 2018)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-6729 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DESMOND FARMER, a/k/a Slick, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:13-cr-00144-D-1) Submitted: October 23, 2018 Decided: October 26, 2018 Before NIEMEYER, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Desmond Farmer, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Desmond Farmer appeals the district court’s order denying Farmer’s 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for sentence reduction based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual (2014). Based on our review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion based on the serious risk Farmer poses to public safety. See United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193, 195 (4th Cir. 2013) (“Whether to reduce a sentence and to what extent is a matter within the district court’s discretion.”). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See United States v. Farmer, No. 5:13-cr-00144-D-1 (E.D.N.C. filed June 11, 2018 & entered June 12, 2018). 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 2

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