Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-03-05 20:00:18.229628+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                       No. 18-4332

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                     Plaintiff - Appellee,

              v.

GREGORY WADDELL HAYES,

                     Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief District Judge. (5:09-cr-00116-BO-1)

Submitted: January 18, 2019                                       Decided: March 5, 2019

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, HARRIS, Circuit Judge, and TRAXLER, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

G. Alan DuBois, Federal Public Defender, Eric Joseph Brignac, Chief Appellate
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina,
for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker,
Kristine L. Fritz, Assistant United States Attorneys, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Gregory Waddell Hayes appeals the revocation of his supervised release and the

42-month sentence imposed by the district court upon revocation. On appeal, Hayes

argues that his revocation sentence violates the Double Jeopardy Clause because he also

was sentenced by the state court for the same conduct that led to the revocation of his

supervised release. We affirm.

       “We review de novo questions concerning the Double Jeopardy Clause.” United

States v. Schnittker, 807 F.3d 77, 81 (4th Cir. 2015).         This court has previously

determined that “[t]he sentence imposed upon revocation of a term of supervised release

is an authorized part of the original sentence, just as the term of supervised release is an

authorized part of the original sentence for commission of the felony.” United States v.

Woodrup, 86 F.3d 359, 361 (4th Cir. 1996); see also Johnson v. United States, 529 U.S.

694, 699–701 (2000); United States v. Ketter, 908 F.3d 61, 65 (4th Cir. 2018). Therefore,

a sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release does not implicate the Double

Jeopardy Clause. Woodrup, 86 F.3d at 361–63.

       Hayes’s argument is thus foreclosed by binding precedent. “A decision of a panel

of this court becomes the law of the circuit and is binding on other panels unless it is

overruled by a subsequent en banc opinion of this court or a superseding contrary

decision of the Supreme Court.” United States v. Collins, 415 F.3d 304, 311 (4th Cir.

2005). As there has been no subsequent contrary en banc or Supreme Court decision

affecting this precedent, Hayes’ argument must fail.

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      Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s revocation judgment. We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

                                                                             AFFIRMED

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