US v. James Sims, No. 09-6117 (4th Cir. 2009)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6117 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JAMES SIMS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg. G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (7:02-cr-00248-GRA-13) Submitted: April 16, 2009 Decided: April 27, 2009 Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. James Sims, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Jean Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: James Sims appeals the district court s order denying his motion for a reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (2006). reversible error. We have the record and find no Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. 00248-GRA-13 reviewed (D.S.C. Jan. United States v. Sims, No. 7:02-cr5, 2009). * We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED * filed. We consider Sims notice of appeal to have been timely See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988). 2

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