Lane v. Butler

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Danny C. Reeves, United States District Judge

Petitioner Randy J. Lane is an inmate confined at the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Kentucky. Proceeding without an attorney, Lane has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the application of the career offender enhancement to his 1992 conviction in light of the Supreme Court’s request for briefing in Johnson v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 939, 190 L.Ed.2d 718 (2015). In Johnson, the parties briefed the issue of “[w]hether the residual clause in the…