Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-16 18:01:02.082219+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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No. 22-3049                                                September Term, 2022
                                                                    1:03-cr-00282-JDB-1
                                                      Filed On: June 16, 2023
United States of America,

              Appellee

       v.

Willie Lawson,

              Appellant

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:       Henderson, Walker, and Garcia, Circuit Judges

                                    JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the briefs filed by the parties. The court has
determined that the issues presented occasion no need for an opinion. See D.C. Cir.
Rule 36. Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is

        ORDERED that the district court’s July 11, 2022 order denying appellant’s
motion for compassionate release be affirmed. Appellant has not shown that the
district court abused its discretion in denying his motion. See United States v. Long,
997 F.3d 342, 352 (D.C. Cir. 2021). The habeas-channeling rule precludes appellant
from seeking compassionate release based on the allegedly unlawful duration of his
remaining confinement. See United States v. Jenkins, 50 F.4th 1185, 1202–04 (D.C.
Cir. 2022). As to the other arguments that appellant raised in the district court but has
not pressed on appeal, the district court committed no plain error in rejecting them. See
United States v. McCallum, 721 F.3d 706, 711 (D.C. Cir. 2013).

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 22-3049                                                September Term, 2022

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.
P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

                                       Per Curiam

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