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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
Oct. 10, 2018
Case
United States v. Stephen Mitchell
Case status
Decided

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THAPAR, Circuit Judge. The district court granted Stephen Mitchell habeas relief and gave him a sentence of time-served with three years of supervised release. Both Mitchell and the United States appealed. Since their respective appeals were filed, this circuit has decided substantially-similar cases. Bound by these recent precedents, we affirm the district court in part and reverse in…

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