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Date Created: 2023-04-12 18:00:39.348128+00
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Case: 22-50917         Document: 00516709429             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/12/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50917
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                  April 12, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Stacey Anderson,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 6:18-CR-320-1
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   Before Clement, Southwick, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Stacey Anderson, federal prisoner # 06541-031, appeals from the
   denial of her 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion for compassionate release.
   On appeal, Anderson contends that she is entitled to relief because (i) she
   suffers from debilitating medical issues; (ii) her prison is under investigation
   for altering medical records; (iii) her prison is providing inadequate medical

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   care; (iv) other prisoners with much more egregious criminal histories and/or
   crimes and much less serious medical conditions have been released early;
   and (v) her prison conditions are generally harsh.
          We review the denial of Anderson’s § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion for an
   abuse of discretion. See United States v. Chambliss, 948 F.3d 691, 693 (5th
   Cir. 2020). Anderson fails to show error in the district court’s finding that
   she is actively being treated for her medical conditions and that they are being
   managed at the prison. Additionally, Anderson fails to show error in the
   district court’s findings that the risk she faces from COVID-19, even given
   her other medical conditions, does not amount to an extraordinary and
   compelling reason. See United States v. Rodriguez, 27 F.4th 1097, 1100 (5th
   Cir. 2022); United States v. Thompson, 984 F.3d 431, 433 (5th Cir. 2021).
          Because Anderson fails to demonstrate that the district court abused
   its discretion in denying her motion for compassionate release based on its
   finding that she failed to establish extraordinary and compelling
   circumstances, we do not reach her argument that the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
   factors warranted relief. See United States v. Jackson, 27 F.4th 1088, 1093 n.8
   (5th Cir. 2022); Chambliss, 948 F.3d at 693. Further, because she does not
   brief any challenge to the district court’s dismissal of her motions for a new
   judge and any argument concerning the calculation of her good-time credits,
   those issues are abandoned. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th
   Cir. 1993). The district court’s decision is AFFIRMED.

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