United States v. Timothy Howell

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6854 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TIMOTHY BRIAN HOWELL, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder, District Judge. (1:08-cr-00218-TDS-1) Submitted: September 29, 2016 Decided: October 4, 2016 Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Timothy Brian Howell, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Blue Boggs, Robert Michael Hamilton, Michael Francis Joseph, Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Timothy Brian Howell appeals the district court’s order granting his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for reduction of sentence based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Howell claims that the district court did not adequately explain why it declined to order a larger sentence reduction pursuant to Amendment 782. Having reviewed the record, we find that the district court sufficiently explained its rationale for the sentence it imposed. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment. 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 2