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Thomas Joseph CLOSE, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES., 2017 — 138 S. Ct. 137 · caselaw · US
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Thomas Joseph CLOSE, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.
138 S. Ct. 137199 L. Ed. 2d 2·Supreme Court of the United States·2017
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Opinion
Thomas Joseph CLOSE, petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 16-9461.
Supreme Court of the United States
Oct. 2, 2017.
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgment vacated, and case remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in light of the position asserted by the Solicitor General in his memorandum for the United States filed on June 30, 2017.