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Date Created: 2023-10-04 21:00:36.834046+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 23-6525

        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                            Plaintiff - Appellee,

                     v.

        JUSTIN DEONTA STROM, a/k/a Jae Dee, a/k/a Jae, a/k/a J-Dirt,

                            Defendant - Appellant.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:12-cr-00159-1)

        Submitted: September 28, 2023                                     Decided: October 3, 2023

        Before NIEMEYER, THACKER, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.

        Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Justin Deonta Strom, Appellant Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Justin Deonta Strom 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. 2021). Upon review of the record, we conclude that the court did not

        abuse its discretion in that the court considered Strom’s arguments in favor of a sentence

        reduction and sufficiently explained the reasons for the denial. 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. Strom, No. 1:12-cr-00159-1 (E.D. Va. filed May 10, 2023 & entered May

        11, 2023). 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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