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Date Created: 2023-04-29 21:00:24.89852+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 22-7390

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                            Plaintiff - Appellee,

                     v.

        HILTON THOMAS, a/k/a Dinkles,

                            Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
        James K. Bredar, Chief District Judge. (1:97-cr-00355-JKB-3)

        Submitted: April 25, 2023                                         Decided: April 28, 2023

        Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, THACKER, Circuit Judge, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit
        Judge.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Hilton Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Clayton Hanlon, Assistant United States
        Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for
        Appellee.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Hilton Thomas appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C.

        § 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release. We review a district court’s denial of

        a compassionate release motion for abuse of discretion. United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d

        326, 329 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 383 (2021). We have reviewed the record and

        conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying relief. See United States v.

        High, 997 F.3d 181, 188-91 (4th Cir. 2021) (discussing amount of explanation required for

        denial of compassionate release motion). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

        United States v. Thomas, No. 1:97-cr-00355-JKB-3 (D. Md. Nov. 17, 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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