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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-3172

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

John Edward Mull, also known as John *

Eddie Mull, also known as Eddie Mull, * [UNPUBLISHED]

also known as John Edward Maul, *

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: July 28, 2006

Filed: August 7, 2006

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Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

With a certificate of appealability (COA) issued by the district court,1

 John

Edward Mull challenges the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We affirm.

We conclude that Mull’s sentence is unaffected by United States v. R.L.C., 503

U.S. 291 (1992). The case that could affect his sentence is United States v. Booker,

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543 U.S. 220 (2005), but it does not apply retroactively to Mull, whose conviction

became final before Booker was decided. See Never Misses A Shot v. United States,

413 F.3d 781, 783-84 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). We further conclude that a

citation error in the district court’s order denying Mull’s section 2255 motion, which

the court corrected when the error was brought to its attention, is not an independent

basis for relief. These are the only issues that are within the scope of the COA. See

United States v. Robinson, 301 F.3d 923, 927 (8th Cir. 2002) (issues beyond scope of

COA are not properly before this court).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. We deny the motion

to expand the record and the application to enlarge the COA.

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