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Date Created: 2023-10-07 00:00:29.31395+00
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Case: 23-50024        Document: 00516923867             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/06/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-50024
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                                October 6, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Randy Dominguez,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 7:18-CR-125-1
                     ______________________________

   Before King, Haynes, and Graves, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Randy Dominguez, federal prisoner # 06262-480, appeals the district
   court’s denial of his motion for compassionate release, filed pursuant to
   18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). He argues that the district court abused its
   discretion by not finding that nonretroactive postsentencing changes to the
   law constituted an extraordinary and compelling reason for relief, and he

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                   No. 23-50024

   asserts that the district court erred in its consideration of the 18 U.S.C.
   § 3553(a) factors.
          The district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v.
   Chambliss, 948 F.3d 691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020). The district court considered
   Dominguez’s motion, which discussed his rehabilitative efforts, and the
   record supports its assessment of the § 3553(a) factors; it is therefore
   unnecessary for us to discuss the parties’ arguments regarding Dominguez’s
   showing of extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release.
   See United States v. Jackson, 27 F.4th 1088, 1093 n.8 (5th Cir. 2022); Ward v.
   United States, 11 F.4th 354, 360-62 (5th Cir. 2021); Chambliss, 948 F.3d at
   693-94.
          AFFIRMED.

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