Case Name: Robert Patrick LOPEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-07-18
Citations: 14 F. App'x 610
Docket Number: No. 00-6423
Parties: Robert Patrick LOPEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 14
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
Robert Patrick LOPEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Maryellen THOMS, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 00-6423.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
July 18, 2001.
Before KRUPANSKY, RYAN, and SILER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Respondent Maryellen Thoms appeals a district court order granting a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by this federal prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. This case was held in abeyance pending a decision in the Supreme Court's case of Lopez v. Davis, No. 99-7504, and this court's case of Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974. These cases have now been decided. See Lopez v. Davis, 581 U.S. 280, 121 S.Ct. 714, 718, 148 L.Ed.2d 685 (2001); Powell v. Thoms, No. 99-5974 (6th Cir. Apr. 5, 2001) (unpublished order). The government has filed a notification regarding the status of petitioner Lopez.
Upon consideration, we conclude that the district court is in a better position to resolve the impact of the Lopez v. Davis decision upon this case than we are. See Hardy v. Sec'y for Dep't of Corrs., 246 F.3d 1300, 1301 (11th Cir.2001) (per curiam). Therefore, it is sua sponte ordered that the judgment of the district court is vacated, and the case is remanded for further consideration in fight of Lopez v. Davis.