No. 25A653
Michael Dewayne Lairy v. United States
Tags: actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split habeas-corpus procedural-bars sentencing-enhancement
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether an individual who did not in fact commit three qualifying predicate offenses required to trigger the Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory minimum fifteen-year sentence in a noncapital case can assert the actual innocence exception to procedural bars on habeas corpus relief.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an individual who did not actually commit three qualifying predicate offenses can assert an actual innocence exception to procedural bars on habeas corpus relief under the Armed Career Criminal Act
Docket Entries
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 Lairy
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent