United States of America v. Mecca Taurice Evans

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6279
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MECCA TAURICE EVANS,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, Chief District
Judge. (4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1)
Submitted: June 23, 2016 Decided: June 29, 2016
Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mecca Taurice Evans, Appellant Pro Se. Carrie Fisher Sherard,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mecca Taurice Evans appeals the district court’s order
denying Evans’ 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 severity and scope of the
underlying offense conduct. 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. Evans, No. 4:05-cr-01129-TLW-1
(D.S.C. Feb. 9, 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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