Sepulveda v. Thoms
This text of 15 F. App'x 236 (Sepulveda v. Thoms) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Respondent Maryellen Thoms appeals a district court order granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by this federal prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This case was held in abeyance pending a decision in the Supreme Court’s ease of Lopez v. Davis, No. 99-7504, and this court’s case of Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974. These cases have now been decided. See Lopez v. Davis, 531 U.S. 230, 121 S.Ct. 714, 718, 148 L.Ed.2d 635 (2001); Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974 (6th Cir. April 5, 2001) (unpublished order).
Upon consideration, we conclude that the district court is in a better position to resolve the impact of the Lopez decision upon this case than we are. See Hardy v. Sec’y for Dep’t of Corrs., 246 F.3d 1300, 1301 (11th Cir.2001) (per curiam). Therefore, it is sua sponte ordered that the judgment of the district court is vacated, and the case is remanded for further consideration in light of Lopez.
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