UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-6739

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

DONALD HINKLE, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William M. Nickerson, District Judge. (CR-91-119-R)

Submitted: July 13, 2000 Decided: July 25, 2000

Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Hinkle, Appellant Pro Se. Jan Paul Miller, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Donald Hinkle appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for reduction of sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 3582(c) (West Supp. 2000). Under § 3582(c), the court may not modify a term of imprisonment once it has been imposed except in very narrow circumstances not applicable here. Further, we cannot consider the claims raised in Hinkle’s informal brief that were not raised in the district court. See Muth v. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir. 1993). 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