United States v. Thomas Steiner

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

This case returns to us on a “grant, vacate, and remand” (“GVR”) order of the Supreme Court of the United States. Our earlier precedential opinion and judgment of March 3, 2016 had affirmed defendant-appellant Steiner’s conviction for possession of ammunition by a convicted felon (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)). 1 We did not reach challenges to Steiner’s sentence, as he had not raised any.

The Supreme Court’s GVR order 2 instructs us to reconsider our decision in light of Mathis v. United States, 3 the Court’s latest case about predicate offenses and the…