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U.S. v. Pearson

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 9, 2011
415 F. App'x 479 (4th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 11-6025.

Submitted: February 28, 2011.

Decided: March 9, 2011.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (7:08-cr-00818-HMH-1).

Joseph Roger Pearson, Appellant Pro Se. William Jacob Watkins, Jr., Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and KING and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Joseph Roger Pearson appeals the district court's order denying his motion for resentencing under the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, Pub.L. No. 111-220, 124 Stat. 2372. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. The Fair Sentencing Act, which increased the amounts of cocaine base that trigger the statutory minimum sentences at 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(b) (West 2006 Supp. 2010), is not retroactive and is therefore inapplicable to Pearson's sentence. See United States v. Diaz, 627 F.3d 930, 931 (2d Cir. 2010) (per curiam); United States v. Brewer, 624 F.3d 900, 909 n. 7 (8th Cir. 2010); United States v. Bell, 624 F.3d 803, 814 (7th Cir. 2010); United States v. Gomes, 621 F.3d 1343, 1346 (11th Cir. 2010) (per curiam); United States v. Carradine, 621 F.3d 575, 580 (6th Cir. 2010).

Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. United States v. Pearson, No. 7:08-cr-00818-HMH-1 (D.S.C. Dec. 23, 2010). 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.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Pearson

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 9, 2011
415 F. App'x 479 (4th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

U.S. v. Pearson

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Roger PEARSON…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 9, 2011

Citations

415 F. App'x 479 (4th Cir. 2011)

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