United States of America v. Larry D. Alexander

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-6646
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
LARRY D. ALEXANDER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., District Judge. (3:12-cr-00293-RJC-1)
Submitted: August 29, 2023 Decided: September 1, 2023
Before KING, AGEE, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Larry D. Alexander, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Larry D. Alexander appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for a
sentence reduction pursuant to section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No.
115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, 5222. We review de novo a defendant’s “threshold eligibility for
First Step Act relief.” United States v. Goodwin, 37 F.4th 948, 952 (4th Cir. 2022).
Alexander was convicted and sentenced in February 2014, after the enactment of the Fair
Sentencing Act, and the district court correctly found that he is therefore not eligible for a
sentence reduction under section 404 of the First Step Act. See id. at 954. Accordingly,
we affirm the district court’s order. 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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