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Date Created: 2023-04-27 00:00:50.411033+00
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Case: 21-51027         Document: 00516727373             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/26/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 21-51027
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                 April 26, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   James Edward Cox,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 2:17-CR-346-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          James Edward Cox, federal prisoner # 33500-058, appeals the denial
   of his motion for compassionate release, filed pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
   § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).       Cox contends that the district court neglected to
   articulate specific factual reasons reflecting that it had considered all seven

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 21-51027      Document: 00516727373          Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/26/2023

                                    No. 21-51027

   of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and that it misapplied those factors that it
   did consider.
          We review the district court’s denial of a compassionate release
   motion for an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Chambliss, 948 F.3d
   691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020). The district court was not required in its reasons
   for denial to expressly address each § 3553(a) factor.         See 18 U.S.C.
   § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).   Here, the record sufficiently supports the court’s
   conclusion that the § 3553(a) factors weighed against Cox’s release. See
   Chavez-Meza v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1959, 1965 (2018). His disagreement
   with how the district court balanced the § 3553(a) factors does not merit
   reversal. See Chambliss, 948 F.3d at 694.
          The district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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