United States v. Jones, No. 15-3063 (10th Cir. 2015)

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FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS TENTH CIRCUIT July 20, 2015 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JASON JONES, No. 15-3063 (D.C. Nos. 6:14-CV-01371-MLB and 6:11-CR-10131-MLB-1) (D. Kansas) Defendant - Appellant. ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Before, HARTZ, TYMKOVICH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges. Defendant Jason Jones seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he can appeal the denial by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas of his motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (requiring COA to appeal denial of relief under § 2255). A COA “may issue . . . only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” Id. § 2253(c)(2). Defendant’s sole claim is that the Fifth and Sixth Amendments entitled him to jury findings beyond a reasonable doubt on the elements of his sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). As we informed him when he raised this identical issue on his direct appeal of his conviction, see United States v. Jones, 530 F. App’x 747, 754 (10th Cir. 2013), this claim has no merit. See United States v. Prichard,875 F.2d 789, 791 (10th Cir. 1989) (per curiam) (“Absent an intervening change in the law of a circuit, issues disposed of on direct appeal generally will not be considered on a collateral attack by a motion pursuant to § 2255.”). We DENY a COA and DISMISS the appeal. ENTERED FOR THE COURT Harris L Hartz Circuit Judge 2

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