No. 18-8760

James Bernard Jones, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acca career-offender career-offender-enhancement constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process florida-battery-on-law-enforcement habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states non-violent-felony sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya unconstitutional violent-felony
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-05-23
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentence as a career offender (ACCA) is valid when a prior violent offense conviction (Florida battery on law enforcement), deemed unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018) and extension of its decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), is also considered unconstitutional and be removed

Docket Entries

2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 9, 2019)

Attorneys

James Jones
James B. Jones Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent