United States v. Craig Smalls

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: May 19, 2025
• Docket: 24-6749
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6749

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CRAIG NEILDONDO SMALLS,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:08-cr-00337-D-1)

Submitted: May 15, 2025 Decided: May 19, 2025

Before NIEMEYER and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Craig Neildondo Smalls, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Craig Neildondo Smalls appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C.

§ 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release. We have reviewed the record and

discern no abuse of discretion in the district court’s determination that, under the pertinent

18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, compassionate release was not warranted. See

United States v. Davis, 99 F.4th 647, 659 (4th Cir. 2024). Accordingly, we affirm the

district court’s order. United States v. Smalls, No. 5:08-cr-00337-D-1 (E.D.N.C. Jul. 24,

2024). 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