Higdon v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Leon Jordan, United States District Judge

Before the Court is Petitioner’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 [Doc. 30].1 He bases his request for relief on Johnson v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), in which the Supreme Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), was unconstitutionally vague [JA]. The United States filed a response in opposition on August 17, 2016 [Doc. 34]; Petitioner replied in turn on September 12, 2016 [Doc. 37]. For the…