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Parties Involved:
Donald Lynn Givens
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 18-50027

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

DONALD LYNN GIVENS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:16-CV-515

USDC No. 1:01-CR-212-1

Before STEWART, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Donald Lynn Givens, federal prisoner # 28525-180, appeals the denial of 

his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion as untimely. His § 2255 motion challenged his 

sentence for bank robbery with the use of a dangerous weapon. We granted a 

certificate of appealability. Relying on Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 

2551, 2557, 2563 (2015), Givens argues that his Texas burglary convictions did 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 8, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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not implicate career-offender classification under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 for the 

purposes of the mandatory Guidelines prior to United States v. Booker, 543 

U.S. 220, 245 (2005). Givens contends that Johnson renders his pre-Booker

sentence unconstitutionally vague and that he timely filed his § 2255 motion 

within one year of Johnson. 

Givens, however, has not asserted a right dictated by Johnson and 

therefore he is not entitled to a new period of limitations under § 2255(f)(3). 

United States v. London, 937 F.3d 502, 507-09 (5th Cir. 2019). Accordingly, his 

§ 2255 motion was not timely. Id. We AFFIRM the judgment of the district 

court. 

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