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Parties Involved:
John R. Taylor
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOHN R. TAYLOR, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-6358

(D.C. Nos. 5:95-CR-00158-D-1 &

5:00-CV-01748-T)

(W.D. Okla.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HARTZ and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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John R. Taylor, proceeding without the assistance of counsel, filed a notice of 

appeal and a “Motion to Reconsider Abatement” based on the district court’s abatement

of his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, which seeks to attack his sentence under 

Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). We construe these filings as a request 

for mandamus relief compelling the district court to lift the stay, which the court imposed 

pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Beckles v. United States, No. 15-8544, 2017 

WL 855781 (Mar. 6, 2017). One day after the Court issued its Beckles decision, the 

district court denied Mr. Taylor’s motion to reconsider and indicated a new deadline for 

the government to respond to his § 2255 motion would be forthcoming. Accordingly, 

and as construed, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus as moot. Though Mr. 

Taylor did not file any forms to proceed in this court without prepayment of fees or costs, 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

March 9, 2017

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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we note that he remains obligated to pay the full filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), 

(b)(1).

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

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