United States v. Arrington

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _______________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) v. ) No. 1:00-cr-00159 (RCL) ) DERREK ARRINGTON, ) Defendant. ) ) _______________________________________) MEMORANDUM Defendant Derrek Arrington seeks a court order modifying his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He looks for relief in the holding of Johnson v. United States,

135 S. Ct. 2551

(2015). The Johnson Court held that the residual clause defining “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) was unconstitutionally vague. Arrington was sentenced…