Appellate Case: 20-5080 Document: 010110724361 Date Filed: 08/15/2022 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT August 15, 2022 _________________________________ Christopher M. Wolpert Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. No. 20-5080 (D.C. Nos. 4:20-CV-00237-GKF-FHM & JAMES PAUL WRIGHT, 4:12-CR-00197-GKF-1) (N.D. Okla.) Defendant - Appellant. _________________________________

ORDER AND JUDGMENT * _________________________________

Before PHILLIPS, McHUGH, and ROSSMAN, Circuit Judges. _________________________________

On July 7, 2022, this court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) and

ordered supplemental briefing on one issue: whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a

crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A). In response,

the parties have filed a Joint Motion to Remand, asking this court to remand this matter to

the district court for further consideration in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in

* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1. Appellate Case: 20-5080 Document: 010110724361 Date Filed: 08/15/2022 Page: 2

United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022). For good cause shown, this motion is

granted.

In dismissing Mr. Wright’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion and denying him a COA, the

district court reasoned that “every circuit court to have considered the issue has

concluded an attempted Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements

clause.” R. vol. I at 211. But in Taylor, the Supreme Court unequivocally ruled that

attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under the elements clause:

“Whatever one might say about completed Hobbs Act robbery, attempted Hobbs Act

robbery does not satisfy the elements clause.” 142 S. Ct. at 2020. Rather than address in

the first instance what Taylor means for Mr. Wright’s § 2255 motion, we remand his case

to the district court for further consideration in light of Taylor.

The Clerk shall issue the mandate forthwith.

Entered for the Court Per Curiam

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