No. 20-8334
Jerome Williams v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 2255-motion acca armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states legal-landscape section-2255 sentencing-review
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a § 2255 movant relies on evidence of the legal background at the time of his sentencing to prove he was sentenced under an unconstitutional law, does he bear a heightened burden of production to prove his claim?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where a § 2255 movant relies on evidence of the legal background at the time of his sentencing to prove he was sentenced under an unconstitutional law, does he bear a heightened burden of production to prove his claim?
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2021)
Attorneys
Jerome Williams
Tobie J. Smith — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent