Opinion
22-6094
07-12-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DARRIN HOWARD MERRITT, Defendant-Appellant.
Darrin Howard Merritt, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: June 14, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:12-cr-00209-FL-1)
Darrin Howard Merritt, Appellant Pro Se.
Before AGEE and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM
Darrin Howard Merritt appeals the district court's order dismissing his motion for an award of $500 in "gate money" on his release from prison without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. The district court determined the Director of the Bureau of Prisons has the exclusive authority to determine the discretionary gratuity up to $500 that may be provided under the statute. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. See 18 U.S.C. § 3624(d)(2); 28 C.F.R. § 571.20; cf. Murray Energy Corp. v. Adm'r of EPA, 861 F.3d 529, 537 &n.4 (4th Cir. 2017). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's order. See United States v. Merritt, No. 5:12-cr-00209-FL-1 (E.D. N.C. Dec. 22, 2021). 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.