
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 15-6122
    United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
    Argued: October 11, 2017
    Decided and Filed: October 31, 2017
    ARGUED EN BANC: Dennis C. Belli, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Finnuala K. Tessier, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF: Dennis C. Belli, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Finnuala K. Tessier, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., John Patrick Grant, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.
    Before: COLE, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, CLAY, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, KETHLEDGE, WHITE, STRANCH, DONALD, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.
    
    
      
       Judge Amul R, Thapar recused himself from participation in this ruling.
    
   ORDER

This case was heard by the en banc court on October 11, 2017. The en banc court is evenly divided; therefore, the sentence imposed by the district court is AFFIRMED. See Sch. Dist. of City of Pontiac v. Sec’y of U.S. Dep’t of Educ., 584 F.3d 253, 256 (6th Cir. 2009) (en banc); Stupak-Thrall v. United States, 89 F.3d 1269, 1269 (6th Cir. 1996) (en banc).

IT IS SO ORDERED.  