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H A R D IM A N , C i r cui tJudge . R oder i ck M or r i s appea l s hi s fede r al drug- t r aff i cki ng convi ct i on cl ai m i ng thatt he fac t s under l y i ng hi s fede r al convi ct i on ar e s ubs t ant i al l ys i m i l art o t hos e under l y i ng an o f f e n s e o n wh i c h M o r r i s wa s a c q u i t t e d i n s t a t e c o u r t . W e wi l l a f f i r m. I. B eca us e w e w r i t e exc l us i vel yforthe part i es , w ho ar e fa m i l i arw i t h t he fa ct s and p ro c e e d in g s b e lo w , w e w ill n o t re v isit th e m h e re . T h e S u p re m e C o u rt h a s s q u a re lyh e ld t hata fe der al pr os ecut i on i s notbarr ed underthe Fi fth A m endment ’ s D oubl e J eopar dy C la u s e b ya p ri o r s ta te p ro s e c u tio n f o r t h e s a m e a c t. See Abbat e v. U ni t ed Stat es , 359 U . S. 187 (1 9 5 9 ); se e a lso B a rtku s v . Ill in o is , 359 U . S. 121 ( 1959) . M orr i s does not d isp u te th a t A bbat e and B artkus a re f a tal to h is a p p e a l, bu t ra th e r a rg u e s th a t th e ra tio n a le o f th o se p re c e d e n ts w a s u n d e rm in e d b yth e S u p re m e C o u rt’s s u b se q u e n t d e c isio n in B ent on v. M

ar yland , 395 U . S. 784 ( 1969) , i n w hi ch the Supr eme C our thel d t hatthe D ou ble J eop ardyC l ause ap pli es t o the st at es. R eg ard less o f th e m erit s o f th is argu m en t, itis assu red lyn o t ou r plac e to o v erturn S u p re m e C o u rt p re c e d e n t. See Agost i niv. Fel t on , 5 2 1 U .S . 2 0 3 , 2 3 7 (1 9 9 7 ); see al so U ni t ed Stat es v. E

xtr em e Ass oci at es , I

nc. , 431 F. 3d 150, 155- 156 ( 3d C i r . 2005) . A nd as M or r i s candi dl yadmi t s , even the mem ber s of thi s C our tw ho have que s t i oned the cont i nued vi abi l i t yof A bat t e and B ar tkus have a cknow l edged thatthi s i s a mat t erfort he S u p re m e C o u rt . See U

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i l s on , 4 1 3 F .3 d 3 8 2 , 3 9 4 (3 d C ir. 2 0 0 5 ) (A ld ise rt,3

J., d iss e n tin g ) (“ T h e tim e h a s c o m e f o r th e S u p re m e C o u rt to re v isit th e iss u e .”); U ni t ed Stat es v. G r i m es , 641 F. 2d 96, 104 ( 3d C i r . 1981) ( “[W ] e do notbel i eve w e ar e the pr oper fo rum to o v erturn a leg al direc ti v e f rom the S u p rem e C o u rt . ”). F o r th e f o re g o in g re a so n s, w e w ill a f f irm th e ju d g m e n t o f

th e D istric t C o u rt.