United States v. Virgil Johnson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 15, 2025
• Docket: 24-6846
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6846

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

VIRGIL LAMONTE JOHNSON, a/k/a Ghetto,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Cameron McGowan Currie, Senior District Judge. (3:12-cr-00850-CMC-3)

Submitted: April 10, 2025 Decided: April 15, 2025

Before WILKINSON and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Virgil Lamonte Johnson, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Virgil Lamonte Johnson appeals the district court’s orders denying his motion for

compassionate release, brought under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First

Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, § 603(b)(1), 132 Stat. 5194, 5239, and his motions

for reconsideration. After reviewing the record, we conclude that the district court did not

abuse its discretion in denying Johnson’s motions. * See United States v. Brown, 78 F.4th

122, 127 (4th Cir. 2023) (stating standard of review for compassionate release motion);

United States v. Christy, 739 F.3d 534, 539 (10th Cir. 2014) (same for motion to reconsider

in criminal case). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s orders. United States v.

Johnson, No. 3:12-cr-00850-CMC-3 (D.S.C. Feb. 28, 2024; Aug. 5, 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

* Johnson has forfeited appellate review of the district court’s denial of the medical care claim raised in the motion for compassionate release by failing to challenge it in his informal brief. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); Jackson v. Lightsey, 771 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014).