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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, NORTHERN DIVISION

EUGENE LAMAR PENDLETON, )

)

 Petitioner, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:16cv482-MHT

) (WO)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

)

 Respondent. )

ORDER

This matter is before the court on petitioner 

Eugene Lamar Pendleton’s objection (doc. no. 9) to the 

United States Magistrate Judge’s order of August 10, 

2016 (doc. no. 8), denying Pendleton’s motion to stay a 

decision on his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion (doc. 

no. 6). In light of the ambiguity in the order of the

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denying as premature 

Pendleton’s application for leave to file a second or 

successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, see In re Eugene 

Pendleton, No. 16-13636 (11th Cir. July 15, 2016), it 

is ORDERED as follows:

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(1) Petitioner Eugene Lamar Pendleton’s objection 

(doc. no. 9) to the magistrate judge’s order denying 

his motion to stay is sustained.

(2) The motion to stay (doc. no. 6) is granted, and 

all proceedings in this action are stayed for a period 

of time extending, at minimum, until notification to 

the court of the resolution of the Supreme Court’s

decision in Beckles v. United States, No. 15-8544, 136 

S. Ct. 2510 (June 27, 2016) (granting certiorari).

(3) The parties shall file a joint status report,

updating the court on the disposition of petitioner 

Pendleton’s appeal before the Eleventh Circuit and the 

disposition of Beckles before the Supreme Court, on the 

first Monday in February and July, beginning on 

February 6, 2017, until the stay is dissolved.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to close this 

case administratively.

DONE, this the 18th day of August, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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