United States of America v. Atavious Tiquan Taylor

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-7199
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ATAVIOUS TIQUAN TAYLOR,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:21-cr-00391-D-3)
Submitted: April 10, 2025 Decided: April 15, 2025
Before WILKINSON and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Atavious Tiquan Taylor, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Atavious Tiquan Taylor appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 18
U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction. “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 Taylor’s sentence and recognized Taylor’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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