United States v. Burtons

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Nancy L. Moritz, Circuit Judge

Travonn Burtons appeals the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. Because we agree with the district court that Burtons’ Oklahoma conviction for assault and battery with a deadly weapon constitutes a violent felony under 18 U.S.C, § 924(e)(2)(B)(i)’s elements clause, we affirm.

I

In 2011, Burtons pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). After the district court imposed a 180-month prison sentence, Burtons filed his first § 2255 motion. For reasons not pertinent to this appeal,…