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MARTIN, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: I concur in the Majority’s conclusion that the savings clause in 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), together with 28 U.S.C. § 2241, give Mr. Bryant a remedy in this case. Mr. Bryant’s claim is that he was wrongly sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). His case thus squarely presents

Case: 18-30684 Document: 00515608112 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/20/2020 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED October 20, 2020

In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-1067 SHANNON WAYNE AGOFSKY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEANNA BAYSORE, Warden, ∗ Respondent-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United State

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 18-1289 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. JORGE HIRAM BÁEZ-MARTÍNEZ, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Jay A. García-Gregory, U.S. District Judge]

MARTIN, Circuit Judge, joined by WILSON and JORDAN, Circuit Judges, dissenting: The majority and dissenting opinions issued by the court today set out the academic debate over the scope of relief provided by 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to prisoners now in federal prisons, based on incorrect sentences mistakenly imposed by federal judges. I write separately to talk about Kevin Spencer, and what has happened to him as a cr

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 16a0281p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ GENESIS HILL, ┐ Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, │

Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Stevens joins, concurring in the judgment. I believe the Court of Appeals correctly decided the basic question: “Whether a federal habeas court is barred from considering an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim as ‘cause’ for the procedural default of another claim when the ineffective-assistance claim is itself proeedurally defaulted.” The question’s phrasing itself rev

OPINION CLAY, Circuit Judge. Windy Watkins, a federal prisoner serving a sentence of 185-months’ imprisonment for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, moves this Court for authorization to file a second or successive habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. In her supplemental brief, Watkins seeks to base her collateral attack on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Johnson v. United States,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEREMY PINSON : : Plaintiff, : : Civil Action No.: 12-1872 (RC) v. : : Re Document No.: 14

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion. AGEE, Circuit Judge: In 2005, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to'distribute cocaine, Raymond Surratt was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed his conviction and sentence on appeal, and Surratt’s motion to vacate his conviction and sentence under 28 U.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Granting In Part And Denying in Part Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge 1. INTRODUCTION Pro se Plaintiff Jeremy Pinson is currently an inmate at ADX Florence, a federal prison located in Colorado. While in prison, M

Case: 10-10676 Date Filed: 11/14/2014 Page: 1 of 107 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 10-10676 ________________________ D.C. Docket Nos. 3:08-cv-0

514 U.S. 549 (1995) UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ No. 93-1260. United States Supreme Court. Argued November 8, 1994. Decided April 26, 1995. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT *551 Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ