United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 14-1821 ___________________________

Stafon Edward Thompson

lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner - Appellant

v.

Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections

lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis ____________

Submitted: February 10, 2015 Filed: April 22, 2016 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case, vacated the judgment, and remanded the case to our court for further proceedings. We now vacate the opinion and judgment we entered in this case and remand with directions for the district court to reconsider Thompson’s request for § 2254 relief in light of the United States Supreme Court decision in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ---, 136 S. Ct. 718 (2016). ______________________________

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