Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Eugene STUTSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-03-31
Citations: 683 F. App'x 714
Docket Number: No. 16-6350
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Eugene STUTSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KELLY, MATHESON, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 683
Pages: 714–715

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Eugene STUTSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-6350
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Filed March 31, 2017
Steven W. Creager, Arvo Q. Mikkanen, Office of the United States Attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Susan M. Otto, Federal Public Defender, Kyle Wackenheim, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant
Before KELLY, MATHESON, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER RESCINDING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Per Curiam
This matter comes on for consideration of the government's Motion to Withdraw or Rescind Certificate of Appealability and Dismiss Appeal and the defendant's response. Upon consideration thereof, the motion is granted.
On February 15, 2017, this court granted a certificate of appealability as to "Whether enforcement of a collateral attack waiver to prevent a constitutional challenge to a sentence enhanced under the now-void residual clause of the United States Sentencing Commission Guidelines would result in a miscarriage of justice."
The government argues in its motion that because Beckles v. United States, — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 886, 197 L.Ed.2d 145 (2017), held that the Guidelines are not unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), it undercuts the rationale for granting COA in this case. The defendant agrees.
In light of Beckles, we conclude that the aforementioned certificate of appealability was improvidently granted. We RESCIND the certificate of appealability issued on February 15, 2017, and DISMISS this appeal.