United States of America v. Edward Hardy Light, Jr.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-6924
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
EDWARD HARDY LIGHT, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at
Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey, District Judge. (3:11-cr-00017-JPB-MJA-1)
Submitted: November 21, 2023 Decided: November 28, 2023
Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Edward Hardy Light, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Kyle Robert Kane, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Martinsburg,
West Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Edward Hardy Light, Jr., appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for reduction of sentence. After review of the record, we conclude
that the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that such relief was not
warranted in light of relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors after balancing those factors
against Light’s arguments. See United States v. Bethea, 54 F.4th 826, 831, 834 (4th Cir.
2022) (noting standard of review, conclusions district court must draw to grant motion, and
guideposts for determining whether court has abused its discretion in considering 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(a) factors). Accordingly, we affirm the court’s order. United States v. Light,
No. 3:11-cr-00017-JPB-MJA-1 (N.D.W. Va. Sept. 6, 2023). 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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