Dudley Bryant, Jr. v. Warden, FCC Coleman - Medium
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partMartin, Circuit Judge
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 the issue left open in our en banc decision in Gilbert: whether § 2241 is available where the asserted error in sentencing resulted in a term of incarceration above the statutory maximum that would have applied but for the error. Gilbert v. United States, 640 F.3d 1293, 1306-07, 1319…
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