Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-28 21:00:29.684087+00
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                                             UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 22-6344

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                             Plaintiff - Appellee,

                      v.

        SMITH MERINORD,

                             Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
        Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:15-cr-00136-BO-2)

        Submitted: December 14, 2022                                        Decided: June 27, 2023

        Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior
        Circuit Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Smith Merinord, Appellant Pro Se. John Parks Newby, Assistant United States Attorney,
        OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

              Smith Merinord appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

        compassionate release.      We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error.

        Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United States v.

        Merinord, No. 5:15-cr-00136-BO-2 (E.D.N.C. Mar. 18, 2022). 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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