No. 18-5392

Quitman Carter v. B. E. Blackmon, Warden

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act foreclosed-claims habeas-corpus johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in ruling that Mr. Carter's claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 are jurisdictionally barred from consideration because they 'don't fit within the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)'

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW The underlying issue presented in this § 2241 case is whether Mr. Carter is entitled to resentencing under this Court’s holdings in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015). However, because the Fifth Circuit never reached the merits of Mr. Carter’s claims, the issue on review before this Court is whether the Fifth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Carter’s claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 are jurisdictionally barred from consideration because they “don’t fit within the savings clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e).” See Fifth Circuit Opinion, p. 1.! ' The Fifth Circuit’s Opinion in this case is attached hereto as

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent B. E. Blackmon, Warden to respond filed.
2018-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 29, 2018)

Attorneys

B. E. Blackmon, Warden
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Quitman Carter
Michael Scott — Petitioner
Michael Scott — Petitioner