United States of America v. McKinley Earl Morant

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-6694
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
MCKINLEY EARL MORANT,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (3:19-cr-00307-CMC-1)
Submitted: October 19, 2021 Decided: October 22, 2021
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, AGEE, Circuit Judge, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
McKinley Earl Morant, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
McKinley Earl Morant appeals the district court’s orders denying his 18 U.S.C.
§ 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release and denying reconsideration. 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. filed, No. 21-5624 (U.S. Sept. 8, 2021). We have reviewed the record and
conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion. The court denied Morant’s motion after
discussing 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
amount of explanation required for denial of straightforward compassionate release
motion). We therefore affirm the district court’s orders. 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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