UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-6972

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TONY TAYLOR,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:06-cr-00279-D-1)

Submitted: December 16, 2021 Decided: December 20, 2021

Before WYNN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tony Taylor, Appellant Pro Se. David A. Bragdon, Assistant United States Attorney, Lucy Partain Brown, Assistant United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Tony Taylor appeals the district court’s order granting his motion for a sentence

reduction under section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018,

Stat. 5194, 5222, and denying his motion for compassionate release pursuant to

(c)(1)(A). We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly,

we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v. Taylor, No. 5:06-cr-

00279-D-1 (E.D.N.C. June 7, 2021). We deny Taylor’s motion for the appointment of

counsel. 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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