United States of America v. Anthony Andrews, a/k/a Wheat

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-6513
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ANTHONY ANDREWS, a/k/a Wheat,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Wilmington. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (7:16-cr-00030-D-3)
Submitted: October 10, 2024 Decided: October 16, 2024
Before WILKINSON and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Anthony Andrews, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Anthony Andrews appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2) motions for a sentence reduction. “We review a district court’s decision
[whether] to reduce a sentence under § 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 district court
clearly understood its authority to reduce Andrews’s sentence and recognized Andrews’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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