johnson-retroactivity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6454 Derek Capozzi v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review johnson-retroactivity residual-clause section-2255 sentence-enhancement 1. Whether, to qualify under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 for relief from a sentence enhancement imposed by operation of the now abrogated residual clause of 18 U…
19-6492 Tylan Tremaine Autrey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines vagueness Petitioner was convicted of federal kidnapping and sentenced as a career offender in 2000, under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, when the Gu…
19-6357 James Alton Turner, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,sentencing,acca,joh elements-clause habeas-relief johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines violent-felonies (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner residual clause to determine that his prior offenses were violent felonies, be…
18-8737 Mario Bachiller v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-09 GVR IFP categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit johnson-retroactivity mandatory-minimum residual-clause retroactivity section-924c vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), applies retroactively to a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion attacking a conviction and sentence im…
18-7680 Hector Cirino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7573 Matthew Hearn v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7577 Roland Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process habitual-offender johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions residual-clause sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-maximum united-states-v-herrold united-states-v-johnson violent-felony Whether it is inconsistent with Welch v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1257 (2016), for a court to require a prisoner who files a second or successive mot…
18-7426 Terry Lamell Ezell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 aedpa armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review constitutional-vagueness johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states procedural-burden retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states Where (1) the sentencing record is silent or does not clearly establish if the district court relied on the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual claus…
18-7421 Torrence Allen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-provision certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines retroactivity retroactivity-of-supreme-court-decisions sentencing sentencing-guidelines vagueness I. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), applies retroactively to a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion attacking a sentence imposed under man…
18-6767 Brent Galbreath v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process error johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing sentencing-error violent-felony violent-felony-definition When a Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), movant would not be an armed career criminal if sentenced today, how can he show that his sent…
18-6569 Mark Lee Murray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-consecutive-sentence residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether ge…
18-5392 Quitman Carter v. B. E. Blackmon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act foreclosed-claims habeas-corpus johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing The underlying issue presented in this § 2241 case is whether Mr. Carter is entitled to resentencing under this Court's holdings in Johnson v. United …