US v. James Taylor, No. 12-7918 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-7918 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JAMES DARREN TAYLOR, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Frank D. Whitney, District Judge. (3:94-cr-00040-FDW-4) Submitted: January 17, 2013 Decided: January 23, 2013 Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. James Darren Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: James Darren Taylor appeals the district court s order granting his motion for a sentence reduction filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2006). We have reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by not considering offense. the current statutory sentence for Taylor s See United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004) (motion under § 3582(c) is subject to the discretion of the district court ). order. legal before Thus, we affirm the district court s 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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