UNITED STATES v. LITTLEJOHN (2020)

Thomas Floyd Littlejohn appeals the district court's January 17, 2020, order finding that Littlejohn was ineligible for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-391, 132 Stat. 5194 (“FSA”). Since then, and while this appeal has been pending, this court published two opinions that have bearing on the district court's dispositive rationale: United States v. Chambers, 956 F.3d 667, 668 (4th Cir. 2020) (holding that “any Guidelines error deemed retroactive ․ must be corrected in a First Step Act resentencing”), and United States v. Gravatt, 953 F.3d 258, 263-64 (4th Cir. 2020) (holding that a defendant is convicted of a “ ‘covered offense’ ” under the FSA “where he was charged conjunctively with conspiring to distribute both powder cocaine and crack cocaine”). Upon review of the arguments pressed on appeal, and in light of our recent decisions, we vacate the district court's order and remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with Chambers and Gravatt. We express no opinion as to how the district court should resolve the involved issues. 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

PER CURIAM:

Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.