USCA4 Appeal: 21-7257     Doc: 57           Filed: 11/29/2023   Pg: 1 of 14




                                              PUBLISHED

                              UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                  FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                               No. 21-7257


        UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                    Plaintiff – Appellee,

        v.

        DEARNTA LAVON THOMAS, a/k/a Bloody Razor,

                    Defendant – Appellant.


        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
        Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, Senior District Judge. (2:11-cr-00058-RAJ-FBS-1; 2:21-
        cv-00147-RAJ)


        Argued: October 24, 2023                                   Decided: November 29, 2023


        Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges.


        Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee
        and Judge Richardson joined.


        ARGUED: Frances H. Pratt, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER,
        Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel Cooke, OFFICE OF THE UNITED
        STATES ATTORNEY, Richm