IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-10687
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
KERRY BLAKE LONG,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 7:94-CV-100-J
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April 02, 1998
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Kerry Long, prisoner # 21772-077, appeals the district
court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. He argues that he
should have begun serving his federal sentence for theft of
government property before serving his Oklahoma state sentence
for sexual activity with a minor. He was convicted and sentenced
on the state charge after the issuance of his federal sentence.
He also argues that, because the federal sentencing court did not
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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specify that his federal sentence should run consecutively to his
yet to be imposed state sentence, the sentences should be
presumed to run concurrently.
Long’s arguments are foreclosed by this court’s decision in
Causey v. Civiletti, 621 F.2d 691, 692-94 & ns.2 & 3 (5th Cir.
1980). His motions for appointment of appellant counsel and to
supplement the record with additional evidence are DENIED.
AFFIRMED.