United States v. Larry Speed

USCA4 Appeal: 25-6277 Doc: 10 Filed: 11/24/2025 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 25-6277 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. LARRY KENNETH SPEED, a/k/a Kenneth Richard Godfrey, a/k/a Kenny Speed, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, Senior District Judge. (2:00-cr-00092-RAJ-1) Submitted: July 31, 2025 Decided: November 24, 2025 Before THACKER and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Larry Kenneth Speed, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 25-6277 Doc: 10 Filed: 11/24/2025 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Larry Kenneth Speed, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court’s order denying his motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). Having carefully reviewed the record, we are satisfied that the district court did not abuse its discretion in weighing the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and concluding that Speed was not entitled to compassionate release. See United States v. Malone, 57 F.4th 167, 172 (4th Cir. 2023) (explaining standard of review); Brodziak v. Runyon, 145 F.3d 194, 196 (4th Cir. 1998) (recognizing that a decision “within the discretion of the [district] court should be affirmed even though we might have exercised that discretion quite differently”). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. United States v. Speed, No. 2:00 cr-00092-RAJ-1 (E.D. Va. Mar. 21, 2025). 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 2