United States v. Villarreal-Solis ( 2022 )

Case: 21-50803 Document: 00516387249 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/08/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
July 8, 2022
No. 21-50803
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Hugo Villarreal-Solis,
Defendant—Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 5:01-CR-314-1
Before Davis, Jones, and Elrod, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Hugo Villarreal-Solis, federal prisoner # 12952-180, appeals the
district court’s denial of a motion for compassionate release pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) and of a motion asking the court to reconsider
the denial of an earlier motion for compassionate release. He argues that he
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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has shown several extraordinary and compelling reasons for relief and that
the factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) favor a reduction in sentence.
The district court’s contrary assessment of the § 3553(a) factors is a
sufficient basis for its denial of the § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) motion, and this court
owes deference to that assessment. See United States v. Chambliss, 948 F.3d
691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020). Villarreal-Solis shows only that he disagrees with
how the court weighed the § 3553(a) factors, which is not a sufficient basis
for reversal. See id. at 694. He has not briefed, and has therefore abandoned,
any separate challenge to the denial of the motion for reconsideration. See
Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993). We accordingly
AFFIRM the district court’s ruling.
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