Legal Opinion

In re Mazzio

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 24, 2014No. 13-2350PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Mazzio, a federal prisoner serving two concurrent 240-month prison sentences for drug distribution, seeks our authorization to file a second or successive petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Mazzio relies on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013), claiming that he is entitled to relief because the factual basis on which his mandatory-minimum, twenty-year sentence was imposed was not found by a jury. See id. at 2158 (Thomas, J., plurality opinion) (“Facts that increase the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  4. Alleyne v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Washington, T., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  2. Nicole Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. OlveraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  4. Butterworth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
  5. In re WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015

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