No. 19-5391

Dan Carmichael McCarthan v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-defendant criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 due-process notice-of-predicate-convictions retroactive-constitutional-decisions retroactivity section-2255 sentencing statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-12-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a criminal defendant can satisfy burden of proof for 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Both questions presented by this petition involve circuit splits. IL 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. I. Whether defendants have a due process right to know at sentencing what convictions the government is relying on to support an ACCA enhancement, and whether the government, when it fails to provide such notice, may rely on a new predicate for the first time on collateral review. i

Docket Entries

2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-30
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 30, 2019.
2019-09-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 30, 2019 to October 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2019.
2019-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2019 to September 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Dan Carmichael McCarthan
Conrad Benjamin KahnFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Conrad Benjamin KahnFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent