UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-8234
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
SAIFULLAH ANJUM RANJHA,
Defendant – Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Marvin J. Garbis, Senior District
Judge. (1:07-cr-00239-MJG-1; 1:09-cv-01379-MJG)
Submitted: May 27, 2011 Decided: June 10, 2011
Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Saifullah Anjum Ranjha, Appellant Pro Se. Christine Manuelian,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Saifullah Anjum Ranjha appeals from the district
court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2010)
motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. The
district court issued a certificate of appealability noting the
Supreme Court decision in United States v. Santos, 553 U.S. 507
(2008), and the Supreme Court’s remand of a Ninth Circuit
decision in Moreland v. United States, 129 S. Ct. 997 (2009).
This appeal was placed in abeyance pending this
court’s decision in United States v. Halstead, 634 F.3d 270 (4th
Cir. 2011). In light of our holding in Halstead, we vacate the
district court’s order and remand this proceeding to the
district court for further consideration in light of Halstead,
and particularly to determine whether this case presents the
“merger problem” described by the Supreme Court in Santos. See
553 U.S. at 516-17 (plurality opinion); id. at 527 (Stevens, J.,
concurring). We dispense with oral argument because the facts
and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
VACATED AND REMANDED
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