No. 25-821
Michael Dewayne Lairy v. United States
Tags: actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split habeas-corpus procedural-bar sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an individual who did not commit the qualifying predicate offenses required to trigger the Armed Career Criminal Act's 15-year mandatory minimum sentence enhancement in a noncapital case can assert the actual innocence exception to procedural bars on habeas corpus relief
Docket Entries
2026-02-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2026.
2026-02-06
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2026-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 11, 2026 to March 13, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)
2025-12-05
Application (25A653) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until February 7, 2026.
2025-12-01
Application (25A653) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 9, 2025 to February 7, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Michael Dewayne Lairy
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent