United States of America v. Anthony Niles

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-7843
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ANTHONY NILES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District Judge. (8:15-cr-00316-DKC-3)
Submitted: June 30, 2021 Decided: July 27, 2021
Before DIAZ and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stuart A. Berman, LERCH, EARLY & BREWER, CHARTERED, Bethesda, Maryland,
for Appellant. Robert K. Hur, United States Attorney, Daniel C. Gardner, Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Anthony Niles appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for
compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). We review a district court’s
order granting or denying a compassionate release motion for abuse of discretion. United
States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329 (4th Cir. 2021). We have reviewed the record and
conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion. The court denied Niles’ motion after
balancing the applicable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and sufficiently explained the reasons
for the denial. See United States v. High, 997 F.3d 181, 188-91 (4th Cir. 2021) (discussing
explanation required for denial of straightforward compassionate release motion). We
therefore 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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