Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Alan ZORN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-11-07
Citations: 487 F. App'x 289
Docket Number: No. 10-2692
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Alan ZORN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: GRIFFIN and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; and THAPAR, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 487
Pages: 289–289

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Alan ZORN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-2692.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Nov. 7, 2012.
Before: GRIFFIN and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; and THAPAR, District Judge.
The Honorable Amul Thapar, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
This ¿ase is before us a second time. Richard Zorn pled guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). At the time of his federal sentencing hearing, Zorn was in state custody for state offenses for which he had not yet been sentenced. Zorn argued during his federal sentencing hearing that his sentence should be reduced for the time he had already spent in state custody. The district court rejected his argument, stating that the court lacked authority to make Zorn's federal sentence run "concurrently with a state sentence that has not been imposed." On appeal, we agreed and affirmed Zorn's sentence. See United States v. Zorn, 461 Fed.Appx. 493, 496 (6th Cir.2012).
Soon thereafter, the Supreme Court held that a district court does have discretion to make a federal sentence either concurrent with or consecutive to any sentence yet to be imposed in state-court proceedings. See Setser v. United States, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 1463, 1468, 182 L.Ed.2d 455 (2012). Zorn then petitioned for a writ of certiorari. The Supreme Court granted the petition, vacated our judgment, and remanded the case for further consideration in light of Setser See Zorn v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 149, 184 L.Ed.2d 5 (Oct. 1, 2012).
Accordingly, we vacate the district court's judgment and remand the case with instructions for the court to exercise its discretion whether Zorn's federal sentence should run consecutive to, or concurrent with, his state-court sentence. The Supreme Court's decision in Setser does not affect our analysis with respect to the other issues in Zorn's appeal; and we hereby reinstate our decision with respect to those other issues.