No. 18-7765

Burgess Massey v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause habeas-corpus johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states new-york-robbery residual-clause retroactivity second-or-successive-habeas sentencing-enhancement violent-felony
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the New York State offense of robbery in the third degree is a 'violent felony' under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is: Whether, on a second or successive § 2255 motion, the movant’s claim relies on Johnson’s invalidation of the residual clause when the original sentencing court rested its ACCA-finding on the elements clause rather than the residual clause. di

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 7, 2019)
2018-12-19
Application (18A652) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until February 1, 2019.
2018-12-17
Application (18A652) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 2, 2019 to February 1, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Burgess Massey
Darrell Bernard FieldsFEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NY INC, Petitioner
Darrell Bernard FieldsFEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NY INC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent