Case Name: Lorenzo JOHNSON, Appellant v. Neal MECHLING, Superintendent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-17
Citations: 518 F. App'x 106
Docket Number: No. 08-2477
Parties: Lorenzo JOHNSON, Appellant v. Neal MECHLING, Superintendent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Judges: Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, CHAGARES, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 518
Pages: 106–107

Head Matter:
Lorenzo JOHNSON, Appellant v. Neal MECHLING, Superintendent; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
No. 08-2477.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued Sept. 30, 2009.
Ke-Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) July 23, 2012.
April 17, 2013.
Michael Wiseman, Esq., Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.
William R. Stoycos, Esq., Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Neal Mechling, Superintendent, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, CHAGARES, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
JUDGMENT ORDER
MICHAEL A. CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.
On July 19, 2004, appellant Lorenzo Johnson filed a petition for a writ of habe-as corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his convictions for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Pennsylvania state court. The District Court denied the petition but granted a certificate of appealability with respect to appellant's claim that the Commonwealth failed to present sufficient evidence to support his convictions. In a divided opinion, this Court reversed the District Court's judgment and remanded with instructions to grant the writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed this Court's decision and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.
In accordance with the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion, Coleman v. Johnson, — U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2060, 182 L.Ed.2d 978 (2012), it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that this Court's not prece-dential opinion, filed October 4, 2011, is hereby VACATED and the judgment of the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, entered on March 31, 2008, is hereby AFFIRMED. Appellant's motion for briefing and reconsideration of this Court's denial of a certificate of ap-pealability with respect to appellant's Bra dy claim, July 23, 2012, is hereby DENIED. The Clerk is directed to issue the mandate upon the filing of this judgment order.