US v. Leon McDowell, No. 12-7570 (4th Cir. 2012)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-7570 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. LEON MCDOWELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (3:05-cr-00757-CMC-1) Submitted: November 15, 2012 Decided: December 17, 2012 Before WILKINSON, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Leon McDowell, Appellant Pro Se. Jane Barrett Taylor, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Leon McDowell appeals the district court s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006) motion for a reduction of his sentence based on Amendment 750 and Dorsey v. United States, 132 S. Ct. 2321 (2012). McDowell was sentenced before the effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act. Act does not apply to his sentence. 2335. legal before Therefore, the See Dorsey, 132 S. Ct. at We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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