United States v. Justin Strom

Opinion

USCA4 Appeal: 23-6525 Doc: 5 Filed: 10/03/2023 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-6525

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JUSTIN DEONTA STROM, a/k/a Jae Dee, a/k/a Jae, a/k/a J-Dirt,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (1:12-cr-00159-1)

Submitted: September 28, 2023 Decided: October 3, 2023

Before NIEMEYER, THACKER, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Justin Deonta Strom, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Justin Deonta Strom appeals the district court’s order denying his 18 U.S.C.

§ 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release. We review a district court’s denial of

a compassionate release motion for abuse of discretion. United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d

326, 329 (4th Cir. 2021). Upon review of the record, we conclude that the court did not

abuse its discretion in that the court considered Strom’s arguments in favor of a sentence

reduction 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 compassionate release motion). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.

United States v. Strom, No. 1:12-cr-00159-1 (E.D. Va. filed May 10, 2023 & entered May

11, 2023). 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