US v. Chandar Bingham, No. 15-7229 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-7229 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CHANDAR BINGHAM, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, Senior District Judge. (3:01-cr-00270-JRS-3) Submitted: December 17, 2015 Decided: December 22, 2015 Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Chandar Bingham, Appellant Pro Se. Jessica D. Aber, THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Laura Colombell Marshall, Wu, Assistant United States Attorneys, Richmond, Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee. OFFICE OF Elizabeth Virginia, ATTORNEY, Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Chandar Bingham appeals the district court’s order denying Bingham’s 18 U.S.C. reduction based § 3582(c)(2) on Amendment Guidelines Manual (2014). (2012) 782 to motion the for U.S. sentence Sentencing Based on our review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion based on the risk Bingham poses to public safety. See United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193, 195 (4th Cir. 2013) (“Whether to reduce a sentence and to what extent is a matter within the court’s discretion.”). Accordingly, affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. we See United States v. Bingham, No. 3:01-cr-00270-JRS-3 (E.D. Va. July 24, 2015). legal before We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions this court are adequately and argument presented would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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