No. 19-5129

Kendell Lee Starks v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-relief-28-usc-2255,retroactive- florida-conviction-resisting-with-violence,violent retroactive-constitutional-decision sentencing statutory-maximum Whether a Florida conviction for resisting with vi
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his sentence may have been based on an unconstitutional provision and exceeds the statutory maximum

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, can satisfy his burden of proof by showing his sentence may have been based on the unconstitutional provision, and his sentence exceeds the statutory maximum under current law. Whether a Florida conviction for resisting with violence under Fla. Stat. § 843.01, is a “violent felony” under the ACCA’s elements clause, where: (a) the statute only requires any “unlawful” force, which can be completed by the same mere touch found not to qualify as a “violent felony” in Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 140 (2010); and (b) there is no mens rea requirement as to the “doing violence” element of the offense, see Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1, 9 (2004) (stating that the “use” of physical force suggests a higher degree of intent than negligent or accidental conduct). i

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-06
Reply of petitioner Kendell Starks filed.
2019-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-04
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-10-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 4, 2019.
2019-10-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 4, 2019 to December 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 4, 2019.
2019-09-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 4, 2019 to November 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-04
Response Requested. (Due October 4, 2019)
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Kendell Starks
Michelle Rachel YardFederal Defender Office, Petitioner
Michelle Rachel YardFederal Defender Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent