Robinson v. United States

DECISION AND ORDER

LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge

Petitioner Anthony Robinson moves to vacate his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C, § 2255, arguing that it is unlawful in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Samuel Johnson v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015).1 His motion turns on whether robbery under Wis. Stat. § 943.32 still qualifies as a “violent felony” under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. §. 924(e). While robbery under the common law and the statutes of most jurisdictions surely qualifies, petitioner demonstrates that, given the…