United States of America v. Mikal Huff

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-7122
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MIKAL HUFF,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Wilmington. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (7:20-cr-00105-D-3)
Submitted: February 27, 2025 Decided: March 4, 2025
Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mikal Huff, Appellant Pro Se. David A. Bragdon, Assistant United States Attorney,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mikal Huff 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. “We review a
district court’s decision [whether] to reduce a sentence under [18 U.S.C.] § 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). Our review of the
record reveals no error. The court clearly understood its authority to reduce Huff’s
sentence and recognized Huff’s postsentencing conduct, but the court declined to grant a
reduction based on its review of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.
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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