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Date Created: 2021-05-04 19:00:19.697442+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                       No. 21-6091

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                     Plaintiff - Appellee,

              v.

TAVARES LAJUANE GRAHAM,

                     Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:16-cr-00308-BO-1)

Submitted: April 20, 2021                                          Decided: May 4, 2021

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tavares Lajuane Graham, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United
States Attorney, Joshua L. Rogers, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Tavares Lajuane Graham appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act

of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 603(b)(1), 132 Stat. 5194, 5239. After reviewing the

record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Graham’s

motion. See United States v. Kibble, __ F.3d__, __, No. 20-7009, 2021 WL 1216543, at

*2 (4th Cir. Apr. 1, 2021) (stating standard of review). Accordingly, we deny Graham’s

motions to appoint counsel and affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United

States v. Graham, No. 5:16-cr-00308-BO-1 (E.D.N.C. Oct. 2, 2020). 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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