United States v. Ted Duckett

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 16, 2024
• Docket: 23-7190
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-7190

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TED DUCKETT,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Theodore D. Chuang, District Judge. (8:13-cr-00626-TDC-1)

Submitted: April 11, 2024 Decided: April 16, 2024

Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ted Duckett, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Ted Duckett appeals the district court’s orders denying his 18 U.S.C.

§ 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release and denying his motion for

reconsideration, which the district construed as a new compassionate release motion. 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). We have reviewed the record

and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Duckett’s

motions for compassionate release. 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 grant Duckett’s motion to amend his informal brief and affirm

the district court’s orders. United States v. Duckett, No. 8:13-cr-00626-TDC-1 (D. Md.

filed Oct. 17, 2023 & entered Oct. 18, 2023; filed Jan. 23, 2024 & entered Jan. 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