No. 20-8334

Jerome Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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. SmithOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent