Opinion
21-7657
02-07-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JAMES LEONARD LANDRY, Defendant-Appellant.
James Leonard Landry, Appellant Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: January 30, 2023
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Roderick Charles Young, District Judge. (2:16-cr-00171-RDY-DEM-1)
James Leonard Landry, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
James Leonard Landry appeals the district court's order denying his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release. We review a district court's order granting or denying a compassionate release motion for abuse of discretion. United States v. Kibble, 992 F.3d 326, 329 (4th Cir.) (stating standard of review), cert. denied, 142 S.Ct. 383 (2021). We have reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion. Regardless of whether the district court's extraordinary and compelling reasons analysis was erroneous, the court also denied Landry's motion based on its review of the applicable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors. We conclude that the district court sufficiently explained the reasons for the denial and did not abuse its discretion.[*] See United States v. High, 997 F.3d 181, 188-91 (4th Cir. 2021) (affirming district court's order denying compassionate release where "[t]he court's rationale . . . was both rational and legitimate under [18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)]" and "the court sufficiently explained its denial to allow for meaningful appellate review" (internal quotation marks omitted)). We therefore affirm the district court's order. We deny Landry's motion for appointment of counsel. 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
[*] Landry argues that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to correct erroneous facts in his presentence report, and he further contends that the district court relied on these erroneous facts as a basis to deny compassionate release. We express no opinion on Landry's ineffective assistance claim or his challenge to the factual accuracy of his presentence report, which are more properly addressed in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.