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ID: 4683845
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Date Created: 2021-05-04 19:00:20.846556+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 20-6945

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                    Plaintiff - Appellee,

             v.

DENNIS WAYNE ROWSEY, JR.,

                    Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Newport News. Mark S. Davis, Chief District Judge. (4:11-cr-00053-MSD-TEM-1)

Submitted: April 29, 2021                                         Decided: May 4, 2021

Before KEENAN, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dennis Wayne Rowsey, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Newport News, Virginia,
for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

       Dennis Wayne Rowsey, Jr., appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for

compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act

of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 603(b)(1), 132 Stat. 5194, 5239. After reviewing the

record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Rowsey’s

motion. See United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329 (4th Cir. 2021) (stating standard

of review). Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. United

States v. Rowsey, No. 4:11-cr-00053-MSD-TEM-1 (E.D. Va. June 9, 2020). 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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