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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding Christopher Toby Hayes' appeal of a district court order granting his motion for a sentence reduction based on retroactive sentencing guidelines amendments and dismissing his motion for reconsideration. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's orders, finding no reversible error in the grant of Hayes' sentence reduction motion or in the dismissal of his motion for reconsideration, as the district court correctly determined it lacked authority to reconsider its prior order.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding Christopher Toby Hayes' appeal of a district court order granting his motion for a sentence reduction based on retroactive sentencing guidelines amendments and dismissing his motion for reconsideration. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's orders, finding no reversible error in the grant of Hayes' sentence reduction motion or in the dismissal of his motion for reconsideration, as the district court correctly determined it lacked authority to reconsider its prior order.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding Christopher Toby Hayes' appeal of a district court order granting his motion for a sentence reduction based on retroactive sentencing guidelines amendments and dismissing his motion for reconsideration. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's orders, finding no reversible error in the grant of Hayes' sentence reduction motion or in the dismissal of his motion for reconsideration, as the district court correctly determined it lacked authority to reconsider its prior order.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding Christopher Toby Hayes' appeal of a district court order granting his motion for a sentence reduction based on retroactive sentencing guidelines amendments and dismissing his motion for reconsideration. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's orders, finding no reversible error in the grant of Hayes' sentence reduction motion or in the dismissal of his motion for reconsideration, as the district court correctly determined it lacked authority to reconsider its prior order.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 15-7909

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    CHRISTOPHER TOBY HAYES,
    Defendant - Appellant.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Columbia.
    Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior
    District Judge. (3:02-cr-00548-CMC-7)

    Submitted:

    March 17, 2016

    Decided:

    March 22, 2016

    Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Christopher Toby Hayes, Appellant Pro Se.


    Beth Drake, John C.
    Potterfield, Jane Barrett Taylor, Assistant United States
    Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, Carrie Fisher Sherard,
    Leesa Washington, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greenville,
    South Carolina, for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

    PER CURIAM:
    Christopher Toby Hayes appeals the district courts order
    granting his 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(2) (2012) motion for sentence
    reduction based on Amendment 782 to the Sentencing Guidelines,
    as well as its order dismissing his motion for reconsideration.
    We

    have

    reviewed

    Accordingly,
    Hayes

    we

    the

    record

    affirm

    the

    3582(c)(2)

    district court.

    motion

    and

    find

    district
    for

    the

    no

    reversible

    courts

    order

    reasons

    stated

    error.

    granting
    by

    the

    See United States v. Hayes, No. 3:02-cr-00548-

    CMC-7 (D.S.C. Oct. 27, 2015).

    We also agree with the district

    courts assessment that it lacked authority to entertain Hayes


    motion for reconsideration.

    See United States v. Goodwyn, 596

    F.3d

    2010).

    233,

    235-36

    (4th

    Cir.

    Accordingly,

    we

    likewise

    affirm the district courts order dismissing Hayes motion for


    reconsideration.
    facts

    and

    legal

    We dispense with oral argument because the


    contentions

    are

    adequately

    presented

    in

    the

    materials before this court and argument would not aid in the
    decisional process.

    AFFIRMED

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