No. 19-6389

Quincy Dennis v. J. A. Terris, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 categorical-approach drug-offense federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief-28-usc-2241 intervening-change mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence presidential-commutation presidential-pardon retroactive-application retroactively-applicable-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-03-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED _ QUESTION # ONE: Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is "inadequate or ineffective" to allow him ‘ to raise a claim that an intervening change and retroactively appli. cable decision establishes that the district 7 court erroneously imposed a mandatory minimum sentence of life ) _ imprisonment (now reduced by President Obama to 30-years) ? QUESTION # TWO: Whether ‘the categorical approach as outlined in ‘Taylor, 495 U.S. 575 (1990); and Mathis, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), : “is applicable to the definition of a "felony drug offense" pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 802 (44) ? . LISTOF PARTIES [x] All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. . { ] All parties do not appear in the eaption of the case on the cover page. A list of all

Docket Entries

2020-03-30
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-02-26
Brief of respondent J. A. Terris, Warden in opposition filed.
2020-01-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 26, 2020.
2020-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 27, 2020 to February 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 27, 2020.
2019-12-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2019 to January 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 26, 2019.
2019-11-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2019 to December 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2019)

Attorneys

J. A. Terris, Warden
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Quincy Dennis
Quincy Dennis — Petitioner
Quincy Dennis — Petitioner