No. 18-8496

Anthony Swatzie v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, where the record is silent as to whether the district court based its original judgment on that provision or another provision of the same statute.! 1 This same issue is currently the subject of at least three petitions for writ of certiorari pending before this Court. Harris v. United States, No. 18-6936 (pending); Ezell v. United States, No. 18-7426 (pending); Walker v. United States, No. 18-8125 (pending). i PARTIES INVOLVED The parties identified in the caption of this case are the only parties before the Court. ii

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-04-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)

Attorneys

Anthony Swatzie
Megan Jean SaillantOffice of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent