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PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 19-7071 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JOHN RICHARD PROCTOR, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District Judge. (8:04 cr 00160 DKC 1) Argued: January 27, 2022 Decided: March 16, 2022 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Reversed and remanded by PUBLISHED opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Motz joined. ARGUED: Jason Edward Neal, HARRIS, WILTSHIRE & GRANNIS LLP, Washington, , for Appellant.

be . . . imprisoned not less than fifteen years.” Id. § 924(e)(1) (emphasis added). 3 . At sentencing, the district court found that Proctor was subject to the fifteenyear - ... retroactive changes to the Sentencing Guidelines; and in 2020, the court further reduced

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