United States v. Clevon Edwards

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: March 14, 2025
• Docket: 25-6027
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6027

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CLEVON S. EDWARDS, a/k/a Wookie,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. John A. Gibney, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:03-cr-00204-JAG-3)

Submitted: March 11, 2025 Decided: March 14, 2025

Before NIEMEYER, RICHARDSON, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Clevon S. Edwards, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Clevon S. Edwards appeals the district court’s order denying his motion and

renewed motion for compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as

amended by the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 603(b)(1), 132 Stat. 5194,

5239. Having carefully reviewed the record, we are satisfied that the district court did not

abuse its discretion in weighing the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and concluding that

Edwards was not entitled to compassionate release. * See United States v. Moody, 115 F.4th

304, 315 (4th Cir. 2024) (reiterating that district court has broad discretion in weighing

§ 3553(a) factors); United States v. Malone, 57 F.4th 167, 172 (4th Cir. 2023) (explaining

standard of review). Accordingly, we 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

* Insofar as Edwards argues for the first time on appeal that Amendment 821 to the Sentencing Guidelines retroactively reduced his criminal history score, we are satisfied that such an argument is best presented to the district court in the first instance through a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).