No. 18-7379

Edward Bruno Garcia v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 acca-sentence armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a § 2255 movant raising a Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence 'may have' been based on the residual clause, or whether movant must show that it was 'more likely than not' his sentence was based on the residual clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Johnson), this Court declared unconstitutional the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Thereafter, Mr. Garcia filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the enhanced sentence he received under the ACCA. The lower courts denied relief because Mr. Garcia failed to show, more likely than not, that the use of the residual clause led to the sentence enhancement. The question presented here is whether a § 2255 movant raising a Johnson claim can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his ACCA sentence “may have” been based on the residual clause, as the Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits hold, or whether movant must show that it was “more likely than not” his sentence was based on the residual clause, as the First, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits hold. i

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-13
Memorandum of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-02-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2019.
2019-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 11, 2019 to March 13, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Edward Bruno Garcia
Robert GodfreyOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Robert GodfreyOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent