No. 18-7723

Randy Dempsey v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-prisoner residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement successive-motion
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show that the sentencing judge actually relied on the residual clause, does he satisfy the requirements for a successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act’s residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show that the sentencing judge actually relied on the residual clause, does he satisfy the requirements for a successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255?! 1 This issue is already before the Court in Wiese v. United States, No. 18-7252. The petition for writ of certiorari was filed on December 26, 2018. No. In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 2018 RANDY DEMPSEY, Petitioner, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner Randy Dempsey asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on October 31, 2018.

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Randy Dempsey
Judy Fulmer MadewellFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent