Rose v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FLOYD ROSE, Petitioner, 15-CR-594 (JPO) -v- 19-CV-3974 (JPO) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge: Floyd Rose petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Civ. Dkt. No. 1 (“Pet.”).) Proceeding pro se, Rose challenges the legality of the sentence entered against him following his plea of guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951. (See Crim. Dkt. No. 69.) Rose argues that the Hobbs Act’s jurisdictional element is so vague as to…