United States v. Hafan Riley ( 2023 )

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-7077
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
HAFAN ANTONIO RILEY,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:12-cr-00251-JFA-1)
Submitted: July 6, 2023 Decided: July 13, 2023
Before KING and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Hafan Antonio Riley, Appellant Pro Se. William Kenneth Witherspoon, Assistant United
States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Hafan Antonio Riley appeals the district court’s order granting in part his motion
for compassionate release and reducing his sentence by 12 months. On appeal, Riley
disputes the court’s decision not to grant an even greater reduction. Upon review of the
record, we discern no abuse of discretion in the district court’s determination that, under
the pertinent 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, only a 12-month reduction was
warranted. See United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329-31 (4th Cir. 2021) (providing
standard of review and outlining steps for evaluating compassionate release motions).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order and deny as moot Riley’s motion to
expedite decision. * 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
*
To the extent Riley moves to seal or redact certain documents, we deny this request
without prejudice to seeking such relief in the district court. We express no opinion on the
merits of any such motion.
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