Case Name: Asha K. SPAULDING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-01-30
Citations: 710 F. App'x 430
Docket Number: No. 16-11641 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: Asha K. SPAULDING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 710
Pages: 430–430

Head Matter:
Asha K. SPAULDING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 16-11641 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(January 30, 2018)
Asha K. Spaulding, Pro Se
James C. Stuchell, R. Brian Tanner, Edward J. Tarver, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Savannah, GA, for Respondent-Appellee
Before WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Asha Spaulding appeals pro se the sua sponte denial of her motion to vacate. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court denied Spaulding's motion based on her written plea agreement to waive her right to collaterally attack her convictions and sentence in a postconviction proceeding. The Supreme Court instructed in Day v. McDonough, 547 U.S. 198, 126 S.Ct. 1675, 164 L.Ed.2d 376 (2006), that "a court must accord the parties fair notice and an opportunity to present their positions" before disposing of a case on a ground not raised in their filings, id. at 210, 126 S.Ct. 1675. Because the district court denied Spauld-ing's postconviction motion without giving her an opportunity to respond to the effect of her waiver, we vacate and remand for the district court to proceed in accordance with the Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings.
VACATED AND REMANDED.