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United States v. Rainey

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Apr 23, 2018
No. 17-7365 (4th Cir. Apr. 23, 2018)

Opinion

No. 17-7365 No. 17-7561

04-23-2018

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RONNIE D. RAINEY, Defendant - Appellant.

Ronnie D. Rainey, Appellant Pro Se.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, Chief District Judge. (5:10-cr-00199-D-1) Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and THACKER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. No. 17-7365, dismissed; No. 17-7561, affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Ronnie D. Rainey, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Ronnie D. Rainey challenges (1) the district court's order denying motions from nonparties to have their names removed from the amended criminal judgment (Appeal No. 17-7365); and (2) the order denying Rainey's motion for clarification of the sentence (Appeal No. 17-7561). Rainey lacks standing to appeal the district court's denial of relief for nonparties, Smith v. Frye, 488 F.3d 263, 272 (4th Cir. 2007) (finding a litigant "cannot rest his claim to relief on the legal rights or interests of third parties" (internal quotation marks omitted)), and we therefore dismiss the appeal as to No. 17-7365. We affirm the district court's denial of the motion for clarification, as the district court did not err in declining to revisit the sentence imposed, see 18 U.S.C. § 3582(b) (2012); United States v. Oliver, 878 F.3d 120, 125 (4th Cir. 2017) ("A criminal conviction becomes final at the end of the appellate process . . . ."). We also deny Rainey's request for a writ of mandamus directing the district court to clarify the sentence. 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.

No. 17-7365, DISMISSED; No. 17-7561, AFFIRMED


Summaries of

United States v. Rainey

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Apr 23, 2018
No. 17-7365 (4th Cir. Apr. 23, 2018)
Case details for

United States v. Rainey

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RONNIE D. RAINEY…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 23, 2018

Citations

No. 17-7365 (4th Cir. Apr. 23, 2018)

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