No. 22-5116

Michael Dewayne Vickers v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-07-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: acca actual-reliance armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-requirement second-or-successive-motion sentencing sentencing-reliance
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Vickers was required to prove 'actual reliance' by the sentencing judge on the ACCA's unconstitutional residual clause as a nonwaivable jurisdictional requirement

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED After this Court struck down the Armed Career Criminal Act’s residual cause in 2015, the Fifth Circuit granted Mr. Vickers permission to file a “second or successive” motion arguing that he was no longer eligible for an ACCA sentence. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2). The district court agreed that the sentence was unlawful in light of Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), and granted relief. The Fifth Circuit reversed that decision on the merits, then this Court overruled and vacated the Fifth Circuit merits decision. Rather than affirming the grant of relief, the Fifth Circuit ordered the district court to make additional findings to determine whether it even had jurisdiction to consider the authorized motion. 1. Was Mr. Vickers required to prove, in district court, that it is “more likely than not” that the sentencing judge “actually relied on” the ACCA’s unconstitutional residual clause when imposing the original sentence? 2. If Mr. Vickers was required to prove “actual reliance” by the sentencing judge, is that a nonwaivable jurisdictional requirement? Il DIRECTLY

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-07-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 17, 2022)
2022-06-09
Application (21A795) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 13, 2022.
2022-06-02
Application (21A795) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 12, 2022 to July 13, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Michael Vickers
James Matthew WrightOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
James Matthew WrightOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent