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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

 TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JASON JONES,

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-3063

 (D.C. Nos. 6:14-CV-01371-MLB and 

6:11-CR-10131-MLB-1)

(D. Kansas)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY 

Before, HARTZ, TYMKOVICH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges. 

 

 Defendant Jason Jones seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he can 

appeal the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas of his 

motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (requiring COA 

to appeal denial of relief under § 2255). A COA “may issue . . . only if the applicant has 

made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” Id. § 2253(c)(2). 

 Defendant’s sole claim is that the Fifth and Sixth Amendments entitled him to jury 

findings beyond a reasonable doubt on the elements of his sentence enhancement under 

the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). As we informed him when he raised 

this identical issue on his direct appeal of his conviction, see United States v. Jones, 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

July 20, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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530 F. App’x 747, 754 (10th Cir. 2013), this claim has no merit. See United States v. 

Prichard,875 F.2d 789, 791 (10th Cir. 1989) (per curiam) (“Absent an intervening 

change in the law of a circuit, issues disposed of on direct appeal generally will not be 

considered on a collateral attack by a motion pursuant to § 2255.”). 

 We DENY a COA and DISMISS the appeal. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

 Harris L Hartz 

Circuit Judge 

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