No. 19-5515

Lester Leon Sanders v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 28-U.S.C-2255 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict criminal-defendant district-court district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

What standard governs a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asserting relief pursuant to a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, when the record is silent as to the precise basis for the district court's original judgment under the statutory provision?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What standard governs a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28-U.S.C-2255, asserting relief pursuant to a retroactive-constitutional-decision, when the record is silent as to the precise-basis-for-the-district-court's-original-judgment

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Lester Sanders
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent