PER CURIAM.
Gregory Shepeck's trial attorney abandoned him after sentence was imposed. Shepeck asked the attorney to prosecute an appeal; the attorney did nothing. Abandonment is a violation of the sixth amendment, and the defendant is entitled as a remedy to the vacatur and reentry of judgment so that a direct appeal may be prosecuted. Castellanos v. United States,
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