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United States v. Carlos McClammy, 18-7139 (2020)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 18-7139 Visitors: 8
Filed: Apr. 16, 2020
Latest Update: Apr. 16, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-7139 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CARLOS MCCLAMMY, a/k/a Carlos T. McClammy, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, Senior District Judge. (3:14-cr-00004-HEH-DJN-1; 3:15- cv-00277-HEH-DJN) Submitted: March 16, 2020 Decided: April 16, 2020 Before HARRIS and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circ
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                                    UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                                      No. 18-7139


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                    Plaintiff - Appellee,

             v.

CARLOS MCCLAMMY, a/k/a Carlos T. McClammy,

                    Defendant - Appellant.


Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. Henry E. Hudson, Senior District Judge. (3:14-cr-00004-HEH-DJN-1; 3:15-
cv-00277-HEH-DJN)


Submitted: March 16, 2020                                         Decided: April 16, 2020


Before HARRIS and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit
Judge.


Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Mary K. Martin, MARY K. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hopewell, Virginia, for
Appellant. Aidan Taft Grano, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, Erik
Sean Siebert, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

       Carlos McClammy appeals the district court’s order denying as futile his motions

to amend and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2018) motion. We granted a

certificate of appealability on the issue of whether, in light of United States v. Davis, 
139 S. Ct. 2319
(2019), the district court erred in denying the motions to amend by determining

that McClammy’s challenge to his 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (2018) conviction in Count 4 was

untimely. The Government now elects to waive its timeliness challenge to McClammy’s

claim but suggests that we can affirm on the alternative ground that amendment would be

futile because McClammy’s vagueness challenge to Count 4 is procedurally defaulted.

McClammy disputes that his claim is futile and contends that remand to the district court

is necessary for development of the record.

       “[M]indful that we are a court of review, not of first view,” Lovelace v. Lee, 
472 F.3d 174
, 203 (4th Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted), we vacate the district

court’s order and remand for further proceedings. We express no opinion on the ultimate

resolution of McClammy’s Davis claims. 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.

                                                             VACATED AND REMANDED




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