UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-6998
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RICHARD MADERA,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (3:02-cr-00225-HEH-3)
Submitted: September 11, 2012 Decided: September 13, 2012
Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Richard Madera, Appellant Pro Se. David Thomas Maguire,
Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Richard Madera appeals a district court order granting
his motion for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)
(2006). The Government opposed the motion based on the nature
and circumstances of Madera’s conviction. The district court
found Madera’s Guidelines sentence was lowered due to recent
amendments to the Guidelines and reduced his sentence, but not
to the extent requested by Madera. We conclude that the court
did not abuse its discretion. United States v. Goines, 357 F.3d
469, 478 (4th Cir. 2004) (stating standard of review).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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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