UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-7772
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
WILLIAM EDWARD HINES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District
Judge. (CR-02-52)
Submitted: March 25, 2005 Decided: April 25, 2005
Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Edward Hines, Appellant Pro Se. N. George Metcalf,
Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
William Edward Hines appeals the district court’s order
granting the Government’s motion to reduce his sentence under Fed.
R. Crim. P. 35(b). We conclude the district court did not abuse
its discretion when it granted the Government’s Rule 35(b) motion
without holding an evidentiary hearing. See United States v.
Pridgen, 64 F.3d 147, 149-50 (4th Cir. 1995). Accordingly, we
affirm the decision of the district court. We also deny Hines’s
motion for bond. 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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