UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 10-7165
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RAJ KUMAR BANSAL, a/k/a The Old Man,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior
District Judge. (1:07-cr-00177-CMH-1)
Submitted: January 18, 2011 Decided: January 26, 2011
Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Raj Kumar Bansal, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel Joseph Grooms, III,
Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Appellant Raj Kumar Bansal appeals the district
court’s denial of his motion to reduce his sentence based on his
assistance to the government. A district court may modify a
defendant’s sentence only as provided by statute. See 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c) (2006) (providing circumstances in which a term of
imprisonment can be altered once imposed); United States v.
Dunphy, 551 F.3d 247, 250 (4th Cir. 2009). Because this case
does not involve a motion by the Director of the Bureau of
Prisons or a Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35 motion by the
United States Attorney, we conclude that the district court
correctly determined that it lacked the authority to alter the
sentence imposed. Accordingly, we affirm its judgment, and
dismiss Bansal’s motion for a expedited ruling on the existing
pleadings as moot. 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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