No. 25-821
Michael Dewayne Lairy v. United States
Tags: actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split habeas-corpus procedural-bar sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether an individual who did not commit the qualifying predicate offenses required to trigger the Armed Career Criminal Act's 15-year mandatory minimum sentence enhancement in a noncapital case can assert the actual innocence exception to procedural bars on habeas corpus relief.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an individual who did not commit the qualifying predicate offenses required to trigger the Armed Career Criminal Act's 15-year mandatory minimum sentence enhancement in a noncapital case can assert the actual innocence exception to procedural bars on habeas corpus relief
Docket Entries
2026-02-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 13, 2026.
2026-02-06
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2026-02-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 11, 2026 to March 13, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
2026-01-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)
2025-12-05
Application (25A653) granted by Justice Barrett extending the time to file until February 7, 2026.
2025-12-01
Application (25A653) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 9, 2025 to February 7, 2026, submitted to Justice Barrett.
Attorneys
Michael Dewayne Lairy
Andrew Timothy Tutt — Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent