No. 18-5707

Anthony Curtis Flowers v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-22
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 3-strikes armed-career-criminal-act career-offender due-process due-process,johnson-v-united-states,18-usc-924,18- habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-01-18 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court deprived Flowers due process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW (1) Whether the district court deprived Flowers due process by denying his § 2255 petition challenging his sentences under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), without notice or an opportunity to be heard. (2) Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether Flowers is entitled to relief under Johnson from his Armed Career Criminal Act sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), his 3 strikes sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), and his career offender sentence under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(a)(2) (2000).

Docket Entries

2019-01-08
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2019-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
2018-12-19
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2018-11-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 19, 2018.
2018-11-16
Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by counsel for petitioner.
2018-11-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 19, 2018 to December 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-10-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 19, 2018.
2018-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 18, 2018 to November 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-09-18
Response Requested. (Due October 18, 2018)
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2018)

Attorneys

Anthony Curtis Flowers
James Francis WhalenFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent