United States of America v. Bernard Bostic

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-6469
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
BERNARD BOSTIC,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
Joseph Dawson, III, District Judge. (4:08-cr-00060-JD-1)
Submitted: September 12, 2024 Decided: September 16, 2024
Before THACKER and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Bernard Bostic, Appellant Pro Se. Michael G. Shedd, Assistant United States Attorney,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Bernard Bostic appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)
motion for a sentence reduction pursuant to Part A of Amendment 821 to the Sentencing
Guidelines. Upon review of the record—particularly the arguments made by Bostic’s
counsel and in the Government’s response in opposition—we discern no abuse of the
court’s considerable discretion in the denial of Bostic’s motion. See United States v.
Smalls, 720 F.3d 193, 195 (4th Cir. 2013) (providing standard of review); see also United
States v. Martin, 916 F.3d 389, 398 (4th Cir. 2019) (recognizing that “[t]here is no right to
a sentence reduction under § 3582(c)(2)”). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s
order. United States v. Bostic, No. 4:08-cr-00060-JD-1 (D.S.C. Apr. 22, 2024). We deny
Bostic’s motion to appoint counsel. 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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