Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Glenn Steven SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-01-26
Citations: 632 F. App'x 388
Docket Number: No. 14-35807
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Glenn Steven SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 632
Pages: 388–388

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Glenn Steven SCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-35807.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 20, 2016.
Filed Jan. 26, 2016.
Lori Anne Harper Suek, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Billings, MT, Plaintiff-Appellee.
Glenn Steven Scott, Big Spring, TX, pro se.
Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Glenn Steven Scott appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to, vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo the district court's denial of a section 2255 motion, see United States v. Aguirre-Ganceda, 592 F.3d 1043, 1045 (9th Cir.2010), and we vacate and remand.
Scott contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to follow his instructions to file a notice of appeal. The government concedes, and we agree, that the district court erred when it declined to hold an evidentiary hearing on the issue. See United States v. Sandoval-Lopez, 409 F.3d 1193, 1198 (9th Cir.2005) (stating that an evidentiary hearing is required when a defendant alleges that his attorney refused to file a notice of appeal when ordered to do so). We therefore remand to the district court for an eviden-tiary hearing to determine whether Scott instructed his attorney to file a notice of appeal. See id. Alternatively, if the government does not object, the district court may vacate and reenter the judgment in Scott's criminal proceedings, allowing Scott to file a timely notice of appeal. See id.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir, R, 36-3.