United States of America v. Vaughn Coulter

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-6121

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

VAUGHN COULTER,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:05-cr-00027-KDB-DCK-1)

Submitted: May 21, 2020 Decided: May 27, 2020

Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Vaughn Coulter, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Vaughn Coulter appeals the district court’s order denying his motion, filed pursuant
to the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, for a reduction in his
262-month sentence. On appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the informal
brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b). Because Coulter’s informal brief does not challenge the basis
for the district court’s disposition, he has forfeited appellate review of the court’s order.
See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an
important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved
in that brief.”).
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Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. 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

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We acknowledge that on appeal Coulter challenges the district court’s assessment
that because he qualified as a career offender his Sentencing Guidelines range remained
unchanged. However, Coulter did not challenge the district court’s eligibility
determination for First Step Act relief.