No. 18-8654

Karyea Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: categorical-approach collateral-review descamps mathis Mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines teague Teague-exception
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-04-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals err in dismissing the appeal on Mathis applicability to Karyea Williams on collateral review?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED oe 1} Did The Court Of Appeals err by dismissing the appeal of the District Court's reasoning that Mathis was inapplicable . to Karyea Williams on Collateral Review ? . 2) Did the Court Of Appeals err by failing to determine that | the Jerry Jabbari Rhodes, 736 Fed. App’x 375{2018 Mathis vy United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243(2016) can be retroactive under Teague's exception to the general rule of retroactivity ? 3) If Mathis reiterated and clarified Descamps because the : lower courts were erroneously applying the categorical and modified categorical approach at sentencing why should a defendant who was victimized by their erroneous view of the rules not be allowed to have their sentences reduced’? , .

Docket Entries

2019-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2019-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2019.
2019-04-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 1, 2019)

Attorneys

Karyea Williams
Karyea Williams — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent