U.S. v. WAINUSKIS

No. 96-60742.

138 F.3d 183 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christine WAINUSKIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giles Wood Bond, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Christine Wainuskis, Tallahassee, FL, pro se.

Before GARWOOD, DUHÉ and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Christine Wainuskis appeals the district court's denial of her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to set aside her judgment of conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) because of a change in the law, resulting from a clarification of the meaning of "use" of a firearm in Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137, 116 S.Ct. 501, 133 L.Ed.2d 472 (1995). For reasons that follow, we...

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