UNITED STATES v. THOMAS

No. 21-1239 and 21-1240.

27 F.4th 556 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Phillip T. THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Reinhard , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Docket No. 21-1239.

Taylor L. Kraus , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Docket No. 21-1240.

Johanna M. Christiansen , Thomas W. Patton , Attorneys, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Ripple, Wood, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Phillip Thomas, who pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine while on supervised release, appeals the district court's ruling that, based on two past felony convictions, he is a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines. He submits that his prior conviction under Wisconsin's child abuse statute is not a crime of violence under the...

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