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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentenc

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

 ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:04cv594-T

v. ) WO

)

THOMAS JACKSON MADDOX )

ORDER ON MOTION

On April 18, 2005, the movant, Thomas Jackson Maddox, filed a pleading styled as

a “Motion for Leave to File Amended Traverse/Reply to the United States’ Response to

Original 28 U.S.C. [§] 2255 Motion under the Supreme Court’s Shepard v. United States

Decision.” (Doc. 25.) The court construes Maddox’s pleading to contain a motion for leave

to amend his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to add the claim that the trial court’s use of his prior

burglary conviction in sentencing him as an armed career criminal violated the Supreme

Court’s recent holding in Shepard v. United States, ___ U.S. ___ , 125 S.Ct. 1254 (2005).

Upon consideration of Maddox’s motion for leave to amend, and for good cause, it

is

ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 25) be and is hereby GRANTED.

Further, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama is 

ORDERED to file a supplemental response addressing the claim asserted by Maddox

in the amendment to his § 2255 motion within thirty (30) days from the date of this order.

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DONE this 28th day of September, 2005.

/s/ Delores R. Boyd 

DELORES R. BOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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