United States v. Carlos Fallins

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Carlos Fallins pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon. The district court found that Fallins qualified for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Fallins challenges his sentence on the theories that attempted aggravated arson under Tennessee law is not a “violent felony” under the ACCA’s residual clause and that the ACCA’s residual clause is unconstitutionally vague. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment and sentence.

I

In 2013, Fallins pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon,…