US v. Sidney Mitchell, No. 12-7518 (4th Cir. 2012)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-7518 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SIDNEY KENNETH MITCHELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey, Chief District Judge. (3:06-cr-00068-GMG-1) Submitted: December 13, 2012 Decided: December 18, 2012 Before MOTZ, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Sidney Kenneth Mitchell, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Oliver Mucklow, Assistant United States Attorney, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Sidney Kenneth Mitchell seeks to appeal the district court s order granting his motion for reconsideration of the court s denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006) motion for a reduction of sentence and reducing his sentence under Amendment 715 to the Sentencing Guidelines. * We deny Mitchell s motion to appoint counsel and dismiss the appeal as moot because Mitchell was released from custody while this action was pending. dispense with contentions are oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts We and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED * Although the district court reduced Mitchell s sentence on reconsideration, the court did not reduce his sentence to the extent he requested in his motion. 2

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