No. 18-6284

Alphonso Churchwell, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness with respect to defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented by this petition is whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously denied Mr. Churchwell COA on whether his sentence is unconstitutional after Samuel Johnson. More specifically, however, this petition presents the narrow questions of whether reasonable jurists can debate the following issues: 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)’s residual clause is void for vagueness with respect to defendants sentenced under the preBooker mandatory Guidelines. 2. Whether the invalidation of § 4B1.2(a)(2)’s mandatory residual clause applies retroactively on collateral review. ii

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-10-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 9, 2018)

Attorneys

Alphonso Churchwell, Jr.
Meghan CollinsFEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Petitioner
Meghan CollinsFEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent