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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6486

RICHARD PAUL COTE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

WARDEN GRAHAM,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Bruce H. Hendricks, District Judge. (2:24-cv-02859-BHH)

Submitted: December 18, 2025 Decided: December 22, 2025

Before NIEMEYER and BERNER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Paul Cote, Appellant Pro Se. Marshall Prince, II, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Richard Paul Cote, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court's order accepting the

recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on Cote’s

petition in which Cote challenged the execution of his sentence. The district court found

in part that Cote failed to exhaust his administrative remedies for the claim Cote raises on

appeal and that Cote failed to demonstrate that exhaustion would have been futile. We

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we grant Cote’s

motion to file a supplemental informal brief and affirm the district court’s order. Cote v.

Graham, No. 2:24-cv-02859-BHH (D.S.C., May 16, 2025). 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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