United States v. Demetrius Starks

USCA4 Appeal: 24-6876 Doc: 9 Filed: 03/14/2025 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 24-6876 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DEMETRIUS ANTONIO STARKS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., District Judge. (3:08-cr-00181-RJC-1) Submitted: March 11, 2025 Decided: March 14, 2025 Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Demetrius Antonio Starks, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 24-6876 Doc: 9 Filed: 03/14/2025 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Demetrius Antonio Starks appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for a sentence reduction based on Amendment 821. “We review a district court’s decision [whether] to reduce a sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) for abuse of discretion and its ruling as to the scope of its legal authority under § 3582(c)(2) de novo.” United States v. Mann, 709 F.3d 301, 304 (4th Cir. 2013). Our review of the record reveals no error. The court clearly understood its authority to reduce Starks’s sentence, but the court exercised its discretion to deny a reduction based on its review of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2