Kirkland v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION DAJUAN TERRENCE KIRKLAND, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:21-cv-00919-SRC ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) Memorandum and Order Unhappy with the Court’s Armed-Career-Criminal-Act finding, Petitioner DaJuan Terrance Kirkland, proceeding pro se, seeks to have his conviction vacated under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Kirkland asserts that his counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to prepare him for the Court’s potential ACCA finding and failing to object to the ACCA finding in the Presentence…