Vincent Williams v. United States
AdministrativeLaw HabeasCorpus
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Vincent Williams' habeas corpus/post-conviction petition based on the Supreme Court's ruling in Davis
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In this habeas petition and question of applying the newly decided Supreme Court ruling of Davis, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals made an erroneous ruling by, in Vincent Williams’ (Petitioner herein after referred to as "Mr Williams of Williams"); post-conviction denial, stating that "We make ‘that determination largely for the reasons that the Government argued in its response below. Amoung other things (appellant) Mr Williams has shown no debateable basis to challenge his life sentences. (Appellant's) Mr Williams’ remaining clains, including those he asserted in his motions for leave to file a second memorandum in support of his §2255 motion and in the proposed memorandum itself, lack debateable merit as well. We further note that most of (appellant's) Mr Williams’ ’ claims either are untimely, see 28 USC §2255(f), or are unreviewable under the concurrent sentence doctrine in light of (appellant's) Mr Williams' multiple life sentences, See Gardner v Warden Lewisberg USP, 845 F.3d 374,378(3rd Cir. 2015) (emphasizing that relief under §2255 is limited to those "claiming the right to be released" from custody). In particular, (appellant's) Mr Williams' challenge to his conviction and current 10-year sentence under 18 USC §924(c) and (j) is not reviewable because success on that challenge would have no effect on his multiple consecutive and current life sentences." (