UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-7878
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
SHAKIR AASIM VENSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Robert C. Chambers,
District Judge. (3:97-cr-00073-1)
Submitted: February 19, 2009 Decided: February 25, 2009
Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Shakir Aasim Venson, Appellant Pro Se. John J. Frail, Assistant
United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Shakir Aasim Venson appeals the district court’s order
granting his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (2006) motion. We find the
district did not abuse its discretion granting Venson’s motion
for a sentence reduction. United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d
469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004) (stating standard of review). Insofar
as Venson suggests the court could have considered an even lower
sentence below the Guidelines sentencing range, this claim is
foreclosed by United States v. Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247, 2009 WL
19139, *8 (4th Cir. 2009) (“[A] district judge is not authorized
to reduce a defendant’s sentence below the amended guideline
range.”). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible
error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the
district court. United States v. Venson, No. 3:97-cr-00073-1
(S.D.W. Va. Aug. 15, 2008). 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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