United States v. Jeffrey Joyner ( 2017 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 16-7594
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    JEFFREY BERNARD JOYNER,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of North Carolina, at Greenville. James C. Dever, III,
    Chief District Judge. (4:11-cr-00078-D-1)
    Submitted:   March 14, 2017                 Decided:     March 17, 2017
    Before FLOYD and    HARRIS,    Circuit   Judges,   and   DAVIS,   Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Jeffrey Bernard Joyner, Appellant Pro Se.    Jennifer P. May-
    Parker,   Assistant  United States Attorney,   Raleigh, North
    Carolina, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Jeffrey Bernard Joyner appeals the district court’s order
    denying      Joyner’s    
    18 U.S.C. § 3582
    (c)(2)   (2012)   motion    for
    sentence reduction based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing
    Guidelines Manual (2014).         Based on our review of the record, we
    conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
    denying the motion based on the risk Joyner poses to public
    safety.      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 v. Joyner, No. 4:11-cr-00078-D-1 (E.D.N.C. filed Nov. 11,
    2016; entered Nov. 14, 2016).               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
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Document Info

Docket Number: 16-7594

Filed Date: 3/17/2017

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021