Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION # ONE: Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek
federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground
that 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is "inadequate or ineffective" to allow him
to raise a claim that an intervening change and retroactively appli
cable statutory-contruction decision establishes that the district
court erroneously imposed a mandatory minimum sentence of life
imprisonment (now reduced by President Obama to 30-years) ?
QUESTION # TWO : Whether ' the categorical approach as outlined in
Taylor , 495 U.S. 575 (1990); and Mathis , 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016),
is applicable to the definition of a "felony drug offense" pursu
ant to 21 U.S.C. § 802 (44) ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief
2020-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
2020-02-26
Brief of respondent J. A. Terris, Warden in opposition filed.
2020-01-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 26, 2020.
2020-01-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 27, 2020 to February 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including January 27, 2020.
2019-12-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2019 to January 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 26, 2019.
2019-11-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 25, 2019 to December 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2019)