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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6045

JASON MICHAEL CONTRERAS,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

KEITH W. DAVIS, Warden, Sussex II State Prison,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior

District Judge. (1:13-cv-00772-JCC-TRJ)

Submitted: March 10, 2015 Decided: March 16, 2015

Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jonathan P. Sheldon, SHELDON, FLOOD & HAYWOOD, PLC, Fairfax, 

Virginia, for Appellant. Rosemary Virginia Bourne, OFFICE OF 

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Certiorari Granted by Supreme Court, March 7, 2016 

Vacated and Remanded by Supreme Court, March 7, 2016

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PER CURIAM:

Jason Michael Contreras appeals the district court’s order 

dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition raising a claim 

under Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012). We previously 

granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether 

the district court erred in dismissing the petition as untimely, 

and we placed the appeal in abeyance pending a decision in 

Johnson v. Ponton, __ F.3d __, 2015 WL 924049 (4th Cir. Mar. 5, 

2015). In Johnson, the Court held that the Miller rule is not 

retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review. 

Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. 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.

AFFIRMED

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