UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-7323
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DAVID EDWIN KOHN, JR., a/k/a David Johnson, a/k/a Officer David Washington,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
Terry L. Wooten, Senior District Judge. (4:07-cr-00645-TLW-1)
Submitted: November 23, 2021 Decided: November 30, 2021
Before NIEMEYER, FLOYD, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Edwin Kohn, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Derek Alan Shoemake, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Florence, South Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Edwin Kohn, Jr., a federal prisoner, appeals from the district court’s order
denying his motion for compassionate release pursuant to 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. 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), cert. denied, No.
21-5624, 2021 WL 4733616 (U.S. Oct. 12, 2021). We have reviewed the record and
discern no abuse of discretion. The district court denied Kohn’s motion after assessing the
applicable 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and sufficiently explained its reasons for the denial.
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). We therefore affirm the
district court’s order. 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
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