UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-7991
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MATTHEW CAMPBELL,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(4:07-cr-01422-RBH-1)
Submitted: March 28, 2013 Decided: April 2, 2013
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Matthew Campbell, Appellant Pro Se. Alfred William Walker
Bethea, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Matthew Campbell seeks to appeal the amended criminal
judgment entered after the district court reduced his sentence
pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(b). Campbell argues that the
reduction the court awarded was inadequate in light of the
nature of his substantial assistance. However, under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3742(a) (2006), this court does not have “jurisdiction to
review the extent of the district court’s downward departure.”
United States v. Hill, 70 F.3d 321, 324 (4th Cir. 1995); see
United States v. Davis, 679 F.3d 190, 193-94 (4th Cir. 2012)
(explaining that, although the court may entertain “challenges
to the lawfulness of the method used by the district court in
making its sentencing decision,” this court lacks “jurisdiction
to review any part of a discretionary sentencing decision”).
Because the sole issue raised on appeal attacks the extent of
the reduction the district court awarded, we dismiss this appeal
for lack of jurisdiction. 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 in
the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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