Legal Opinion

Pikyavit v. United States

District Court, D. Utah

Decided April 6, 2017No. Crim. Case No. 2:06-cr-407-PGC; Civ. Case No. 2:16-cv-00729-JNPPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO VACATE, SET ASIDE, OR CORRECT SENTENCE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2255

Jill N. Parrish, United States District Court Judge

Before the court is Petitioner Russell Pikyavit’s Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Docket No. 1).

BACKGROUND

Petitioner is currently incarcerated in federal prison. In 2007, Petitioner was convicted of being a felon in possession of ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and sentenced to 180 months of incarceration. Though the offense itself carried a penalty of at most…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  5. Leocal v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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