UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7594
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JEFFREY BERNARD JOYNER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Greenville. James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (4:11-cr-00078-D-1)
Submitted: March 14, 2017 Decided: March 17, 2017
Before FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jeffrey Bernard Joyner, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-
Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jeffrey Bernard Joyner appeals the district court’s order
denying Joyner’s 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for
sentence reduction based on Amendment 782 to the U.S. Sentencing
Guidelines Manual (2014). Based on our review of the record, we
conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in
denying the motion based on the risk Joyner poses to public
safety. See United States v. Smalls, 720 F.3d 193, 195 (4th
Cir. 2013) (“Whether to reduce a sentence and to what extent is
a matter within the court’s discretion.”). Accordingly, we
affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See United
States v. Joyner, No. 4:11-cr-00078-D-1 (E.D.N.C. filed Nov. 11,
2016; entered Nov. 14, 2016). 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
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