No. 19-5316

Abelee Bronson v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-guidelines-mandatory habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidelines

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In 1989, when the guidelines were mandatory, Abelee Bronson was sentenced as a career offender under USSG § 4B1.1 in light of two prior Missouri second-degree burglary convictions. At the time, § 4B1.1 defined the term “crime of violence” via 18 U.S.C. § 16. And Mr. Brunson’s burglary convictions qualified as crimes of violence (only) under § 16(b)’s residual clause. In 2015, this Court struck down as void for vagueness an analogous residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)Gi). Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015). And in 2018, this Court struck down as void for vagueness § 16(b)’s residual clause. Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 8.Ct. 1204 (2018). Within one year of the decision in Johnson, Mr. Bronson obtained authorization from the Tenth Circuit to file a successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2). But the district court dismissed the motion as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3). The Tenth Circuit affirmed. In conflict with a published decision from the Seventh Circuit, the Tenth Circuit held that the new rule announced in Johnson does not apply to the mandatory guidelines. The questions presented are: I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the analogous residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, USSG § 4B1.2(1) (1988)? IJ. Whether the residual clause of the mandatory guidelines, USSG § 4B1.2(1) (1988), is void for vagueness? i

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Brown v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-20
Supplemental brief of petitioner Abelee Bronson filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-22
Reply of petitioner Abelee Bronson filed.
2019-10-07
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-09-06
Response Requested. (Due October 7, 2019)
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2019)

Attorneys

Abelee Bronson
Daniel Tyler HansmeierFederal Public Defender's Office for the District of Kansas, Petitioner
Daniel Tyler HansmeierFederal Public Defender's Office for the District of Kansas, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent