United States v. Larry Speed

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: November 24, 2025
• Docket: 25-6277
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-6277

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

LARRY KENNETH SPEED, a/k/a Kenneth Richard Godfrey, a/k/a Kenny Speed,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, Senior District Judge. (2:00-cr-00092-RAJ-1)

Submitted: July 31, 2025 Decided: November 24, 2025

Before THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry Kenneth Speed, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Larry Kenneth Speed, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order denying

his motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). 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 Speed was not entitled to

compassionate release. See United States v. Malone, 57 F.4th 167, 172 (4th Cir. 2023)

(explaining standard of review); Brodziak v. Runyon, 145 F.3d 194, 196 (4th Cir. 1998)

(recognizing that a decision “within the discretion of the [district] court should be affirmed

even though we might have exercised that discretion quite differently”). Accordingly, we

affirm the district court’s order. United States v. Speed, No. 2:00 cr-00092-RAJ-1 (E.D.

Va. Mar. 21, 2025). 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