UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-6446
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RICHARD L. BRYANT, a/k/a Pumpkin, a/k/a Rock,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, Senior District Judge. (2:92-cr-00088-6)
Submitted: August 30, 2019 Decided: September 13, 2019
Before NIEMEYER, WYNN, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Richard L. Bryant, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Richard L. Bryant appeals the district court’s order denying his motion to reduce his
sentence under the First Step Act of 2018 (First Step Act), Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404,
132 Stat. 5194, 5222. Under the First Step Act, “[n]o court shall entertain a motion made
under [section 404] to reduce a sentence . . . if a previous motion made under this section
to reduce the sentence was, after the date of enactment of this Act, denied after a complete
review of the motion on the merits.” § 404(c), 132 Stat. at 5222. Our review discloses that
the court denied Bryant’s first motion to reduce his sentence under the First Step Act on
the merits, in its order denying reconsideration. Accordingly, the district court lacked
jurisdiction under § 404(c) to consider the instant motion.
We therefore affirm the denial of relief. We deny Bryant’s motion to expedite and
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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