United States of America v. Norman Lydell Ford, a/k/a BooBoo

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-7280
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
NORMAN LYDELL FORD, a/k/a BooBoo,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Elizabeth City. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (2:18-cr-00030-D-1)
Submitted: March 15, 2023 Decided: March 24, 2023
Before KING, THACKER, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Norman Lydell Ford, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Bredenberg, Special Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Norman Lydell Ford appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for
compassionate release. We review a court’s denial of a compassionate release motion for
abuse of discretion. United States v. Malone, 57 F.4th 167, 172 (4th Cir. 2023). Upon
review of the record, we conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying
Ford’s motion for compassionate release. Moreover, to the extent Ford seeks correction of
his underlying sentence, his request is barred by our Court’s recent 2022 decision in United
States v. Ferguson, 55 F.4th 262, 272 (4th Cir. 2022) (recognizing that “a compassionate
release motion cannot be used to challenge the validity of a defendant’s . . . sentence”) .
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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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