Courtney Mays v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Courtney Mays appeals the district court’s 'denial of his first and only 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. Mays was convicted of two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He was then sentenced pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Relying on Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2276, 186 L.Ed.2d 438 (2013), and Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), Mays asserts his sentence under § 924(e)(1) is illegal. Specifically, he argues that, in…
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