UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6987

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

MELVIN E. HOWARD, a/k/a Mu,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:95-cr-00123-BO-10)

Submitted: November 17, 2009 Decided: November 23, 2009

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Melvin E. Howard, Appellant Pro Se. Anne Margaret Hayes, Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Melvin E. Howard appeals the district court’s order

granting his motion for reduction of sentence filed pursuant to

(c)(2) (2006). We find no reversible error and

we thus affirm for the reasons stated by the district court.

United States v. Howard, No. 5:95-cr-00123-BO-10 (E.D.N.C. May

20, 2009). 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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