US v. Melbourne Latten, No. 19-7018 (4th Cir. 2021)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MELBOURNE CLARENCE LATTEN, a/k/a Roscoe, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (1:02-cr-00011-JPJ-12) Submitted: September 10, 2021 Decided: November 5, 2021 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, THACKER, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Melbourne Clarence Latten, Appellant Pro Se. Laura Day Rottenborn, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Melbourne Clarence Latten appeals the district court’s order denying Latten’s motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404(b), 132 Stat. 5194, 5222. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Latten, No. 1:02-cr-00011-JPJ-12 (W.D. Va. June 20, 2019). 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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