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Date Created: 2023-03-03 19:00:41.222728+00
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Case: 22-60582         Document: 00516664422             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/03/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit

                                       No. 22-60582                                   FILED
                                     Summary Calendar                             March 3, 2023
                                     ____________                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jerry Street,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Mississippi
                                USDC No. 1:17-CR-74-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jerry Street, federal prisoner # 20232-043, appeals the denial of his 18
   U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion for compassionate release, wherein he
   argued, among other things, that his status as the only available caregiver for
   his elderly mother and stepfather who suffered from debilitating illness was
   an extraordinary and compelling circumstance warranting early release. We

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-60582

   review the denial for an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Chambliss,
   948 F.3d 691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020).
          Under § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court may modify a defendant’s
   sentence after it considers the applicable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors if
   “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction.” A district
   court errs if, in considering whether to grant a § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion, it
   treats the U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 policy statement as binding. See United States v.
   Shkambi, 993 F.3d 388, 392-93 (5th Cir. 2021).
          Although Street contends that the district court erroneously believed
   that it was bound by the policy statement in § 1B1.13, nothing in the record
   indicates that the district treated the policy statement as binding. At most,
   the district court’s order indicates that the court’s decision was informed by
   the policy statement, which does not amount to an abuse of discretion. See
   United States v. Jackson, 27 F.4th 1088, 1090 (5th Cir. 2022).
          Additionally, Street’s argument that the district court did not
   consider the evidence he submitted in evaluating his arguments has no merit.
   Even if the district court did not expressly address that evidence, Street’s
   pleadings cited and discussed the evidence and the district court stated that
   it had reviewed his submissions. See Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct.
   2389, 2404 (2022).
          Because Street otherwise fails to demonstrate that the district court
   abused its discretion in denying his motion for compassionate release based
   on its finding that he failed to establish extraordinary and compelling
   circumstances, we do not reach his arguments that the § 3553(a) factors
   warranted his release. See Jackson, 27 F.4th at 1093 n.8.
          The order of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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