Dawson v. United States
District Court, S.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA A. SEITZ, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge [DE 17]. In that Report, Magistrate Judge Turnoff recommends granting Movant's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 [DE 1]. Movant argues his sentence should be vacated based on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Samuel Johnson v. United States, --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015) (holding that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) was unconstitutionally vague). The Report…
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