UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-6309

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

MICHAEL WAYNE BOWMAN,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cr-00025-JPJ-PMS-1)

Submitted: November 18, 2021 Decided: November 19, 2021

Before MOTZ, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Wayne Bowman, Appellant Pro Se. Laura Day Rottenborn, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Michael Wayne Bowman appeals the district court’s order denying his third motion

for compassionate release under

(c)(1)(A)(i), as amended by the First Step

Act of 2018,

(b)(1),

, 5239. We have reviewed

the record and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying

Bowman’s motion. See United States v. Kibble,

(4th Cir. 2021) (stating

standard of review), cert. denied, No. 21-5624,

(U.S. Oct. 12, 2021);

see also United States v. High,

(4th Cir. 2021) (affirming district court’s

order denying compassionate release where “[t]he court’s rationale . . . was both rational

and legitimate under [

(a)]” and “the court sufficiently explained its denial

to allow for meaningful appellate review” (internal quotation marks omitted)).

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v.

Bowman, No. 1:15-cr-00025-JPJ-PMS-1 (W.D. Va. Feb. 19, 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

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