United States v. Tony Johnston

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-7031
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
TONY LLOYD JOHNSTON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Charlottesville. Norman K. Moon, Senior District Judge. (3:08-cr-00042-NKM-RSB-1;
3:16-cv-81156-NKM-RSB)
Submitted: September 10, 2018 Decided: October 11, 2018
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, WYNN and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lisa M. Lorish, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Charlottesville,
Virginia, for Appellant. Jennifer R. Bockhorst, Assistant United States Attorney,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Tony Lloyd Johnston seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his 28
U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion challenging his sentence as an armed career criminal based
on Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). We previously placed the appeal in
abeyance for United States v. Hodge, __ F.3d __, 2018 WL 3999898 (4th Cir. Aug. 22,
2018). Johnston now moves to remand his case for further proceedings in accordance
with Hodge, and the Government agrees that it is appropriate to vacate the district court’s
order and remand the case for reconsideration of the § 2255 motion in light of Hodge. In
light of our decision in Hodge, we grant a certificate of appealability, grant the motion to
remand, vacate the district court’s order, and remand for reconsideration of the § 2255
motion in light of Hodge. We deny Johnston’s motion to expedite as moot. 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.
VACATED AND REMANDED
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