United States of America v. Antonio Silva-Velazquez

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 25-6076
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ANTONIO SILVA-VELAZQUEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Danville. Michael F. Urbanski, Senior District Judge. (4:22-cr-00004-MFU-CKM-1)
Submitted: June 17, 2025 Decided: June 23, 2025
Before GREGORY, QUATTLEBAUM, and BERNER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Antonio Silva-Velazquez, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer R. Bockhorst, Assistant United
States Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, Jordan Edward McKay, OFFICE OF THE UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Antonio Silva-Velazquez appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 18
U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to Amendment 821 to the
Sentencing Guidelines. “We review a district court’s decision [whether] to reduce a
sentence under § 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion and its ruling as to the scope of its legal
authority under § 3582(c)(2) de novo.” United States v. Mann, 709 F.3d 301, 304 (4th Cir.
2013). Here, the district court found Silva-Velazquez ineligible for a sentence reduction
because the court had applied Amendment 821 to Silva-Velazquez at sentencing. We
discern no abuse of discretion and affirm the district court’s denial of Silva-Velazquez’s
§ 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction.
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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