Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, v. Elijah Shaheed KEMP, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-14
Citations: 174 F. App'x 660
Docket Number: No. 05-1224
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, v. Elijah Shaheed KEMP, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 174
Pages: 660–661

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, v. Elijah Shaheed KEMP, Appellant.
No. 05-1224.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) March 9, 2006.
March 14, 2006.
William A. Behe, Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, for United States of America.
Richard F. Maffett, Jr., Socha & Maf-fett, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellant.
Before: AMBRO, and BECKER, Circuit Judges and STAGG, District Judge.
The Honorable Tom Stagg, United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
OPINION
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
Pursuant to a plea agreement, appellant Elijah Shaheed Kemp entered a plea of guilty to felony charges involving the distribution of narcotics. He was sentenced to 92 months imprisonment.
Appellant challenges his sentence under United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). In United States v. Davis, 407 F.3d 162 (3d Cir.2005) (en banc), an opinion relating to the denial of a government petition for rehearing en banc concerning consideration of a Booker claim on plain error review, this Court stated that except in limited circumstances we will presume prejudice and direct a remand for re-sentencing where the district court imposed a sentence in the belief that the applicable Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory. That was the situation here, and we perceive no circumstance in this case which warrants a different result from that found in Davis.
We will therefore vacate the judgment and remand for re-sentencing.