United States v. Ron Whitley

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-6040 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RON CHRISTOPHER WHITLEY, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:10-cr-00236-D-1) Submitted: October 14, 2021 Decided: January 26, 2022 Before DIAZ and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Ron Christopher Whitley, Appellant Pro Se. David A. Bragdon, Assistant United States Attorney, Lucy Partain Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Ron Christopher Whitley appeals from the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) motion for reduction of sentence under § 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 404(b), 132 Stat. 5194, 5222. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Whitley’s motion to appoint counsel and affirm the district court’s order. United States v. Whitley, No. 5:10-cr-00236- D-1 (E.D.N.C. Dec. 29, 2020). 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