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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-7273 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1) Submitted: February 26, 2009 Decided: March 5, 2009 Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-7273 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1) Submitted: February 26, 2009 Decided: March 5, 2009 Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam o..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-7273
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District
Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1)
Submitted: February 26, 2009 Decided: March 5, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Warren Kuzon, Appellant Pro Se. Peter Thomas Phillips,
Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Warren Kuzon appeals the district court’s orders
granting his motion for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(2) (2006), and summarily denying his motion for
reconsideration. Kuzon asserts on appeal that the district
court erred in declining to sentence him below the amended
Guidelines range for crack cocaine sentences, contending that a
lower sentence would be permitted by Gall v. United States,
128
S. Ct. 586 (2007), Kimbrough v. United States,
128 S. Ct. 558
(2007), and United States v. Booker,
543 U.S. 220 (2005).
However, this argument is foreclosed by this court’s decision in
United States v. Dunphy,
551 F.3d 247, 257 (4th Cir. 2009).
Moreover, the district court did not abuse its discretion in
imposing a sentence at the high end of the amended Guidelines
range. See United States v. Goines,
357 F.3d 469, 478 (4th Cir.
2004). Accordingly, we affirm the orders of the district court.
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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