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U.S. v. WALKER

No. 98-9244.

198 F.3d 811 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Zachery WALKER, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Weil, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Thomas Jesse Waldrop, Fed. Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, HILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and COOK, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents a single important issue of first impression in this circuit. Can a federal prisoner, by filing a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenge, reopen and reduce his federal sentence, enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), after one of his three predicate state court convictions has been vacated in a state habeas action? To date, seven of our sister circuits have held or...

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