No. 20-7635

Lisa Biron v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conviction-review criminal-procedure federal-criminal-statute federal-habeas fundamental-defect gonzalez-v-crosby intent-element procedural-default rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 state-prisoner
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-23
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

When the trial court's misunderstanding or the mental intent element of a federal criminal statute becomes apparent in a conclusory footnote in its denial of Defendant's §2255 motion, and this fundamental defect indicates that she was convicted for a nonexistent offense, does 18 U.S.C. §2255(a) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) allow that court to review this defect, or does §2255(h)(1), expressly applicable only to state prisoners, apply to bar her Motion as with the state prisoners in Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005) and Rodwell v. Pepe, 324 F.3d 66 (1st Cir. 2008)?

Docket Entries

2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-04-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 3, 2021)

Attorneys

Lisa Biron
Lisa Biron — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent