UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK MELVON ADAMS, Movant, 23-CV-7918 (AKH) -against-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, United States District Judge: On September 12, 2023, I entered an order denying Petitioner Melvon Adams’s motion to vacate his sentence. Subsequently, I granted his separate motion for a reduction in sentence under Amendment 821 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, reducing his sentence by several months. The Court declines to issue a Certificate of Appealability because Petitioner has “not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,”

(c)(2), and because Petitioner has failed to identify a claim that jurists of reason would find debatable as to whether Petitioner was denied such a right. See Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000). SO ORDERED. Dated: January 17, 2024 New York, New York /s/ Alvin K. Hellerstein ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN United States District Judge