Evan Callanan, Sr. (87-2034), Evan Callanan, Jr. (87-2036) v. United States

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Evan Callanan, Sr., a former Michigan state court judge, and his son, Evan Calla-nan, Jr., an attorney, were convicted in federal court on a number of charges, including mail fraud, brought in connection with a bribery scheme. After the convictions were affirmed by this court, the Supreme Court repudiated the “intangible rights” theory on which the Callanans’ mail fraud convictions had been premised. McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350, 107 S.Ct. 2875, 97 L.Ed.2d 292 (1987). Motions to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 were denied by the district court,…