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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6534

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOHN HUNTER RAINES,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:24-cr-00138-JAG-MRC-1)

Submitted: November 25, 2025 Decided: December 2, 2025

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Hunter Raines, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

John Hunter Raines appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

compassionate release pursuant to

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

Act of 2018,

(b)(1),

, 5239. Having carefully

reviewed the record, we are satisfied that the district court did not abuse its discretion in

finding that Raines was not entitled to a sentence reduction. See United States v. Malone,

(4th Cir. 2023) (explaining standard of review). Accordingly, we deny

Raines’s Motion to Proceed Without Government Response as Unopposed (ECF No. 8)

and Motion to Supplement the Record with Evidence Under Seal (ECF No. 9); deny as

moot Raines’s motion to expedite decision (ECF No. 11); and affirm the district court’s

order. 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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