United States of America v. James Coury Holmes

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6307
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JAMES COURY HOLMES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (6:00-cr-00107-HMH-1)
Submitted: September 20, 2021 Decided: October 1, 2021
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Coury Holmes, Appellant Pro Se. Winston Irwin Marosek, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James Coury Holmes appeals the district court’s order granting, in part, his motion
for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). 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), petition for cert. docketed, No. 21-4624
(U.S. Sept. 8, 2021). We have reviewed the record and conclude that the court did not
abuse its discretion. The court granted Holmes’ motion, reducing his sentence from 1057
months’ imprisonment to 530 months, after discussing the applicable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
factors and sufficiently explaining the reasons for its decision. See United States v. McCoy,
981 F.3d 271, 284 (4th Cir. 2020). 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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