United States v. Allan Hawley
United States v. Allan Hawley
Opinion
Case: 14-51309 Document: 00514130948 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/24/2017
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 14-51309 Fifth Circuit FILED Summary Calendar August 24, 2017 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee v. ALLAN HAWLEY, Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:13-CV-1034
Before REAVLEY, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: * Allan Hawley, federal prisoner # 60662-080, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, which alleged that the district court erred in sentencing him under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). On October 27, 2016, the district court found that the application of the ACCA to Hawley was invalidated by Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). The district court vacated the 240-month sentence under the
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
Case: 14-51309 Document: 00514130948 Page: 2 Date Filed: 08/24/2017
No. 14-51309 ACCA and resentenced Hawley to 120 months in prison. Because the district court vacated the sentence from which Hawley seeks relief under § 2255, this appeal does not present a live controversy and is moot. See Rocky v. King, 900 F.2d 864, 867 (5th Cir. 1990). Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED as MOOT.
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