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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-7205

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JAMES ERNEST GANDY, JR., Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, District Judge. (1:20-cr-00040-CCE-1)

Submitted: September 1, 2022 Decided: October 6, 2022

Before RICHARDSON and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Ernest Gandy, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: James Ernest Gandy, Jr., appeals the district court’s orders denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) motions for compassionate release and denying his motion for reconsideration. We review a district court’s denial of a compassionate release motion for abuse of discretion. United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 383 (2021). We have reviewed the record and conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion and sufficiently explained the reasons for the denial. Accordingly, although we grant Gandy’s motions to supplement his informal brief, we affirm the district court’s orders. 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