Legal Opinion

Rojas-Tapia v. United States

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided July 13, 2020No. 3:17-cv-01759Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO JOSE ROJAS-TAPIA, Petitioner, Civil No.: 17-1759 (DRD) Related Crim. Case Nos. 99-309 (DRD); v. 99-385 (PG) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Pending before the Court is Mr. José Rojas-Tapia’s (“Petitioner”) Motion to Vacate Sentence Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

(“Motion to Vacate”). See Civil Case No. 17-1759, Docket No. 1. Petitioner argues that his sentence and corresponding convictions must be vacated since the Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. United States,

135 S. Ct. 2551

(2015) (“Johnson II”)…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  5. Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016

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