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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-7383

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DALTON LAQUANE SMITH, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:13-cr-01038-JFA-1)

Submitted: June 30, 2023 Decided: July 12, 2023

Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dalton Laquane Smith, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Dalton Laquane Smith appeals the district court’s orders denying his motion for compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194, and denying reconsideration. We review the district court’s orders for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329 (4th Cir. 2021). A district court abuses its discretion when it “acts arbitrarily or irrationally, . . . fails to consider judicially recognized factors constraining its exercise of discretion, . . . relies on erroneous factual or legal premises, or . . . commits an error of law.” United States v. High, 997 F.3d 181, 187 (4th Cir. 2021) (cleaned up). After reviewing the record in this case, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that there was no extraordinary or compelling reason to reduce Smith’s sentence. Therefore, 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