United States v. Richard Kayian

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: June 16, 2025
• Docket: 24-6681
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6681

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

RICHARD HENRY KAYIAN, a/k/a Pops,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Abingdon. James P. Jones, Senior District Judge. (1:16-cr-00041-JPJ-1)

Submitted: June 12, 2025 Decided: June 16, 2025

Before HARRIS and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Richard Henry Kayian, Appellant Pro Se. Lee Samuel Brett, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.

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PER CURIAM:

Richard Henry Kayian appeals the district court’s order denying his most recent 18

U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) motions for compassionate release. Upon review of the record, we

conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Kayian’s motions.

United States v. Centeno-Morales, 90 F.4th 274, 280 (4th Cir. 2024) (providing standard

of review). Specifically, while short, the appealed-from order incorporated by reference

the court’s prior order—issued nearly three months earlier—in which the court thoroughly

considered Kayian’s health-based arguments and denied Kayian’s counseled motion for

compassionate release. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. United States v.

Kayian, No. 1:16-cr-00041-JPJ-1 (W.D. Va. June 25, 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