No. 20-6980
Michael Ray West v. United States
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing standing successive-2255-motion successive-motion
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), what more must the movant show to obtain a ruling on the merits?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Where an authorized successive § 2255 motion argues that an Armed Career Criminal Act sentence should be set aside under Johnson v. United States, 135 8. Ct. 2551 (2015), what more must the movant show to obtain a ruling on the merits? ii
Docket Entries
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-02-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-01-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)
Attorneys
Michael Ray West
Adam Ryan Nicholson — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Adam Ryan Nicholson — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent