UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-4351
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
GRADY CANADY,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior Dis-
trict Judge. (CR-98-438)
Submitted: October 26, 1999 Decided: November 17, 1999
Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William B. Cummings, WILLIAM B. CUMMINGS, P.C., Alexandria, Vir-
ginia, for Appellant. Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney,
Thomas G. Connolly, Assistant United States Attorney, P. Dabney
Langhorne, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Grady L. Canady appeals his conviction and sentence for one
count of engaging in a sexual act with a minor through threat of
fear, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 2242(1) (West Supp. 1999). On
appeal, Canady maintains that the district court erred in denying
his motion to appoint new counsel to represent him prior to the
hearing on his motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
We have reviewed the briefs and the transcripts of the Fed. R.
Crim. P. 11 hearing, the hearing on Canady’s motion to withdraw his
guilty plea, and the sentencing hearing, and find no abuse of
discretion in the court’s denial of Canady’s motion. See United
States v. Gallop, 838 F.2d 105, 108 (4th Cir. 1988). Accordingly,
we affirm Canady’s conviction and sentence. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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