US v. Mecca Evans, No. 16-6279 (4th Cir. 2016)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6279 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MECCA TAURICE EVANS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, Chief District Judge. (4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1) Submitted: June 23, 2016 Decided: June 29, 2016 Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Mecca Taurice Evans, Appellant Pro Se. Carrie Fisher Sherard, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Mecca Taurice Evans appeals the district court’s order denying Evans’ 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for sentence reduction based on Amendment Guidelines Manual (2014). 782 to the U.S. 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 underlying offense conduct. the severity and scope of the 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, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See United States (D.S.C. Feb. 9, 2016). v. Evans, No. 4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1 We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2
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