United States of America v. Shawn Adamson

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6030
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
SHAWN ADAMSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Newport News. Robert G. Doumar, Senior
District Judge. (4:11-cr-00088-RGD-FBS-3)
Submitted: May 18, 2016 Decided: May 23, 2016
Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Shawn Adamson, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt, Assistant
United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Shawn Adamson filed a self-styled “Request for reduction of
sentence by appeal” that the district court construed as an appeal
of its order granting Adamson a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582 (2012) and Guidelines Amendment 782.* We have reviewed the
record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for
the reasons stated by the district court. United States v.
Adamson, No. 4:11-cr-00088-RGD-FBS-3 (E.D. Va. entered Nov. 10,
2014 and effective Nov. 1, 2015). 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
*Because the document was construed as a notice of appeal of
the district court’s order entered November 10, 2014, it is
untimely. We decline to dismiss the appeal, however, because the
Government has not moved to dismiss the appeal, and the appeal
period in criminal cases is not jurisdictional. United States v.
Urutyan, 564 F.3d 679, 684-86 (4th Cir. 2009).

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