Opinion ID: 4218757
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Heading: Request for Abeyance

Text: Mr. Lugo-Tovar also asks us to abate his appeal pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya, cert. granted sub nom. Lynch v. Dimaya, ___ U.S. ___, 137 S. Ct. 31, 2016 WL 3232911 (Sept. 29, 2016). We decline this request because the eventual opinion in Dimaya will 5 probably not affect Mr. Lugo-Tovar. In Dimaya, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on the constitutional validity of the residual clause in 8 U.S.C. § 16(b). Section 16(b) was not applied to Mr. Lugo-Tovar. Thus, Dimaya will likely not affect Mr. Lugo-Tovar’s sentence.