US v. Norvell Baker, No. 20-6225 (4th Cir. 2021)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-6225 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. NORVELL BLYTHE BAKER, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:04-cr-00254-WO-1) Submitted: March 17, 2021 Decided: March 29, 2021 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Norvell Blythe Baker, Appellant Pro Se. Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Norvell Blythe Baker appeals from the district court’s order granting relief on his motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA 2018), Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, 5222. We have reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in reducing Baker’s prison term and in declining to reduce Baker’s supervised release term. See United States v. Jackson, 952 F.3d 492, 497, 502 (4th Cir. 2020) (reviewing decision on FSA 2018 sentence reduction motion for abuse of discretion). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Baker, No. 1:04-cr-00254-WO-1 (M.D.N.C. Jan. 24, 2020). We deny Baker’s motion to expedite decision and 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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