Legal Opinion

In re: Gilberto Rivero

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 12, 2015No. 15-13089-CPublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This application for leave to file a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a federal sentence requires us to decide whether the decision of the Supreme Court in Johnson v. United States, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), established “a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme *988Court,” 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(2). Gilberto Rivero was sentenced as a career offender under what were mandatory United States Sentencing Guidelines, and his judgment of conviction and sentence was upheld on direct appeal and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  4. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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3Cited by39 opinions

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  4. In re WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
  5. Charles Woods v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015

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