US v. Arous Phillips, No. 18-6344 (4th Cir. 2018)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-6344 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. AROUS JOHN PHILLIPS, a/k/a AJ, a/k/a Villan, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Arenda L. Wright Allen, District Judge. (2:10-cr-00048-AWA-TEM-4) Submitted: September 28, 2018 Decided: October 15, 2018 Before FLOYD and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Arous John Phillips, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Arous John Phillips appeals the district court’s order dismissing his motion filed under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (2012). The district court held that § 3742 provides only for the filing of notice of direct appeal and concluded that any appeal would be untimely. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Phillips, No. 2:10-cr-00048-AWATEM-4 (E.D. Va. Feb. 21, 2018). Government expense. We deny Phillips’ motion for a transcript at 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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