No. 20-6022

Anthony Marvin Bruten v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review due-process fair-notice sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, on collateral review, the government may maintain a sentencing enhancement under the ACCA by substituting a different ACCA predicate prior conviction that it did not provide the defendant with fair notice of at sentencing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This case presents a clear circuit split over whether a defendant’s due process rights are violated when, after an Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) predicate is invalidated, the government substitutes a different predicate conviction on collateral review to maintain an ACCA sentence when it did not provide the defendant with fair notice at sentencing. The Eleventh Circuit has said no; the Fourth Circuit has said yes; and the Seventh Circuit has said it depends. The question presented is: Whether, on collateral review, the government may maintain a sentencing enhancement under the ACCA by substituting a different ACCA predicate prior conviction that it did not provide the defendant with fair notice of at sentencing. ;

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Anthony Marvin Bruten
Michelle Rachel YardFederal Defender Office, Petitioner
Michelle Rachel YardFederal Defender Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent