No. 19-6689

Frank Fernandez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-purposes
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guideline, asserts a 'right .. . initially recognized' in Johnson for timeliness purposes under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(8)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guideline, asserts a “right .. . initially recognized” in Johnson for timeliness purposes under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(8). 2. Whether, in light of Johnson, the residual clause of the mandatory guidelines is unconstitutionally vague. i Statement of

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED. 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).
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-30
Reply of petitioner Frank Fernandez filed.
2019-12-20
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2019-11-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Frank Fernandez
Brianna Fuller MircheffOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Brianna Fuller MircheffOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent