UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-6106

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. MICHAEL BERNARD CAROTHERS, a/k/a Unc, a/k/a Uncle, a/k/a Big Unc, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (0:08-cr-00401-CMC-4)

Submitted: May 31, 2012 Decided: June 5, 2012

Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Bernard Carothers, Appellant Pro Se. Susan Zalkin Hitt, Assistant United States Attorney, James Chris Leventis, Jr., OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Michael Bernard Carothers appeals the district court’s orders denying his motions for reduction of sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (2006) and denying his motion for reconsideration.

On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in Carothers’ brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Carothers’ informal brief does not challenge the basis for the district court’s disposition, Carothers has forfeited appellate review.

Accordingly, we affirm. 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