No. 18-6915

Carlton Robinson v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender career-offender-guideline collateral-review constitutional-vagueness criminal-law-procedure johnson-precedent residual-clause retroactivity section-2255-motion sentencing supreme-court-retroactivity vagueness
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guideline, asserts a "right . . . initially recognized" in Johnson within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3).

2. Whether the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guideline is unconstitutionally vague.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker career offender guideline, asserts a 'right . . . initially recognized' in Johnson within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3)

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari: I dissent for the reasons set out in Brown v. United States, 586 U. S. ___ (2018) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).
2018-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Carlton Robinson
Jeffrey B. LazarusOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent