No. 20-6221

Miguel Nunez v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely if filed within one year of Johnson v. United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Second Circuit’s decision below, Nunez v. United States, 954 F.3d 465 (2d Cir. 2020), and the First Circuit’s contrary decision in Shea v. United States, 976 F.3d 63 (1st Cir. 2020), deepen a circuit split over the following important and recurring question of federal law: Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely if filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), which held unconstitutional the identical residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act. i

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Miguel Nunez
Edward Scott ZasFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
Edward Scott ZasFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent