USCA4 Appeal: 21-6701 Doc: 8 Filed: 12/27/2021 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-6701

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

DELAQUI O’JMAR CARTER, a/k/a Roosevelt,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Mary G. Lewis, District Judge. (3:18-cr-00677-MGL-5)

Submitted: December 21, 2021 Decided: December 27, 2021

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Delaqui O’Jmar Carter, Appellant Pro Se. Benjamin Neale Garner, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Delaqui O’Jmar Carter appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

compassionate release under

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

Act of 2018,

(b)(1),

, 5239. After reviewing the

record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Carter’s

motion for compassionate release. See United States v. Kibble,

(4th

Cir.) (stating standard of review), cert. denied,

(2021); see also United States

v. High,

(4th Cir. 2021) (affirming district court 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

the district court’s judgment. United States v. Carter, No. 3:18-cr-00677-MGL-5 (D.S.C.

Apr. 20, 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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