US v. Raoul Lafond, No. 20-6769 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-6769 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RAOUL LAFOND, a/k/a Fletcher Busbee, a/k/a Chris Lafond, a/k/a Jim, a/k/a Jamaican Jim, a/k/a Derrick Burch, a/k/a Ronald Elie, a/k/a Ronald Ely, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (6:96-cr-00212-CCE-1) Submitted: October 28, 2020 Decided: November 3, 2020 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, DIAZ, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Raoul Lafond, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Raoul Lafond appeals from the district court’s order granting in part and denying in part his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404, 132 Stat. 5194, 5222. We have reviewed the record and find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in reducing Lafond’s supervised release term but declining to reduce Lafond’s term of imprisonment. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Lafond, No. 6:96-cr-00212-CCE-1 (M.D.N.C. May 5, 2020). 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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