US v. Vaughn Coulter, No. 20-6121 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-6121 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. VAUGHN COULTER, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:05-cr-00027-KDB-DCK-1) Submitted: May 21, 2020 Decided: May 27, 2020 Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Vaughn Coulter, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Vaughn Coulter appeals the district court’s order denying his motion, filed pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, for a reduction in his 262-month sentence. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Coulter’s informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, he has forfeited appellate review of the court’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). * Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. 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 * We acknowledge that on appeal Coulter challenges the district court’s assessment that because he qualified as a career offender his Sentencing Guidelines range remained unchanged. However, Coulter did not challenge the district court’s eligibility determination for First Step Act relief. 2

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