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Parties Involved:
Dwight Daryl Owens
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 14-10221

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket Nos. 1:13-cv-01780-RWS; 1:09-cr-00286-RWS-JFD-1

DWIGHT DARYL OWENS, 

 Petitioner-Appellant,

 versus

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Respondent-Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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(March 6, 2015)

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARCUS, and WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit 

Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

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A jury convicted Dwight Daryl Owens of two crimes: (1) robbery in 

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (count 1), and (2) using a firearm during and in 

relation to that robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (count 2). The district 

court sentenced Owens to consecutive terms of imprisonment of 180 months on 

count 1 and 120 months on count 2, for a total term of 300 months. Owens 

appealed his convictions, and we affirmed them. 

Owens then filed a timely motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2255. Among other things, Owens contended that his 120-month sentence on 

count 2 was unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Alleyne v. 

United States, 570 U.S. ___, 133 S. Ct. 2151 (2013). The district court determined

that Alleyne did not apply retroactively on collateral review, denied Owens’ 

motion, and declined to issue a certificate of appealability (COA). We issued a 

COA on two issues: (1) whether Alleyne applies retroactively, and (2) if so, 

whether Owens’ sentence is unconstitutional. 

We review de novo whether a case applies retroactively on collateral review. 

See United States v. Swindall, 107 F.3d 831, 833 (11th Cir. 1997). See generally

Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S. Ct. 1060 (1989). But if we have already 

decided that a case does not apply retroactively on collateral review, we are bound 

by that decision unless the Supreme Court or this Court sitting en banc overrules it. 

See Chambers v. Thompson, 150 F.3d 1324, 1326 (11th Cir. 1998).

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In Jeanty v. Warden, FCI-Miami, 757 F.3d 1283, 1285 (11th Cir. 2014), we

decided that Alleyne does not apply retroactively on collateral review and affirmed 

a district court’s denial of a prisoner’s petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on that 

basis.

1

 Our decision in Jeanty controls this case. 2 

AFFIRMED.3

 1 Notably, every circuit to have considered the issue has said that Alleyne does not apply 

retroactively on collateral review. See Hughes v. United States, 770 F.3d 814, 818–19 (9th Cir. 

2014); In re Mazzio, 756 F.3d 487, 489–91 (6th Cir. 2014); United States v. Winkelman, 746 

F.3d 134, 136 (3d Cir. 2014); In re Kemper, 735 F.3d 211, 212 (5th Cir. 2013); United States v. 

Redd, 735 F.3d 88, 91–92 (2d Cir. 2013); In re Payne, 733 F.3d 1027, 1029 (10th Cir. 2013); 

Simpson v. United States, 721 F.3d 875, 876 (7th Cir. 2013).

2 Because we conclude that Alleyne does not apply retroactively on collateral review, we 

do not consider what the result in Owens’ case would be if it did. 

3 Owens’ motion for leave to file a reply brief out of time is GRANTED. 

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