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Parties Involved:
Joey V. Reyes
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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In re: JOEY V. REYES, 

 Movant.

No. 16-8094

(D.C. No. 2:09-CR-00136-ABJ-3)

(D. Wyo.)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, O’BRIEN, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

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Joey V. Reyes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 

methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. He was 

sentenced to 211 months’ imprisonment. He did not file a direct appeal.

In May 2016, Mr. Reyes filed a “Motion for Reduction of Sentence Pursuant to 

Retroactivity of Johnson v. United States, [135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015),] and 18 U.S.C. 

[§] 3582(c)(2).” The district court denied the motion. In August, Mr. Reyes filed in the 

district court a “Petition for Authorization to file a First or Successive Motion Pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. Section 2255.” The district court treated it as a misdirected filing and 

transferred it to this court. 

Mr. Reyes does not need authorization from this court to file a first motion 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and the record in the district court does not reflect that he 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 8, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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has previously filed a § 2255 motion. Because Mr. Reyes has not yet filed a § 2255 

motion, we dismiss his motion for authorization as unnecessary.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

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