US v. Edward Light, Jr., No. 23-6924 (4th Cir. 2023)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 23-6924 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. EDWARD HARDY LIGHT, JR., Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (3:11-cr-00017-JPB-MJA-1) Submitted: November 21, 2023 Decided: November 28, 2023 Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Edward Hardy Light, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Kyle Robert Kane, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Edward Hardy Light, Jr., appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for reduction of sentence. After review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that such relief was not warranted in light of relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors after balancing those factors against Light’s arguments. See United States v. Bethea, 54 F.4th 826, 831, 834 (4th Cir. 2022) (noting standard of review, conclusions district court must draw to grant motion, and guideposts for determining whether court has abused its discretion in considering 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors). Accordingly, we affirm the court’s order. United States v. Light, No. 3:11-cr-00017-JPB-MJA-1 (N.D.W. Va. Sept. 6, 2023). 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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