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Parties Involved:
Phillip T. Davis
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION

File Name: 16a0269n.06

No. 15-3596

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

PHILLIP T. DAVIS,

Defendant-Appellant.

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ON APPEAL FROM THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT 

COURT FOR THE NORTHERN 

DISTRICT OF OHIO

BEFORE: BOGGS, GIBBONS, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant Phillip Davis pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing controlled 

substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841, and the district court sentenced him to 120 months of 

imprisonment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in designating Davis 

as a “career offender” pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 in light of Johnson v. 

United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (invalidating as unconstitutionally vague the “residual 

clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)). For the reasons set forth in our 

recent decision in United States v. Pawlak, No. 15-3566, slip op. at 2−13 (6th Cir. May 13, 2016) 

(holding an identical “residual clause” in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines unconstitutionally 

vague), and upon the government’s concession of prejudicial sentencing error, we vacate Davis’s 

sentence and remand for resentencing.

 Case: 15-3596 Document: 21-2 Filed: 05/17/2016 Page: 1