United States v. Michael Carter

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: May 20, 2025
• Docket: 24-6997
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6997

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

MICHAEL KENNY CARTER, a/k/a Blaze,

Defendant - Appellant.

No. 24-7175

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:17-cr-00351-JFA-1)

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

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Kenny Carter, Appellant Pro Se. Kathleen Michelle Stoughton, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Michael Kenny Carter appeals the district court’s orders denying his motions for

compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) and denying his motion for

reconsideration. Limiting our review of the record to the issues raised in Carter’s informal

briefs, see 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014), and

finding no reversible error, we deny Carter’s motions for a certificate of appealability and

for release pending appeal and affirm the district court’s orders, United States v. Carter,

No. 3:17-cr-00351-JFA-1 (D.S.C. Oct. 4 & Nov. 7, 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