United States of America v. Timothy Hoard

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6354
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
TIMOTHY HOARD,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge.
(2:06-cr-00838-DCN-1)
Submitted: May 19, 2015 Decided: May 22, 2015
Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Timothy Hoard, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Nicholas Bianchi, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Timothy Hoard appeals the district court’s order denying
his motion to reduce his sentence. Hoard charges that the
district court erred by imposing a consecutive sentence because
when his prior state sentence was imposed, the state court judge
ordered that it be served concurrently with his future federal
sentence. After reviewing the record, we find that we are
without jurisdiction to consider Hoard’s appeal. See 18 U.S.C.
§ 3742(a) (2012) (allowing appeals only from sentences “imposed
in violation of law”); see also United States v. Davis, 679 F.3d
190, 194 (4th Cir. 2012) (holding that § 3742(a)(1) “does not
give this Court jurisdiction to review any part of a
discretionary sentencing decision”). Accordingly, we dismiss
Hoard’s appeal. 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.
DISMISSED

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