United States v. Jonas

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Mike K. Jonas argues that, for the purpose of determining the applicability of the definition of “crime of violence” contained in the career offender guideline, USSG § 4B1.2(a), any use of his Massachusetts conviction for assault and battery on a correctional officer (ABCO), Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, § 13D, is foreclosed by the rationale of our prior decision in United States v. Holloway, 630 F.3d 252 (1st Cir.2011). The government demurs, arguing that we should apply the rationale of our post-Holloway decision in United States v. Dancy, 640 F.3d 455…