Legal Opinion

Vargas-De Jesus v. United States

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided March 26, 2021No. 3:18-cv-01169Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO ÁNGEL L. VARGAS-DE JESÚS, Petitioner, CIVIL NO. 18-1169 (PAD) v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Delgado-Hernández, District Judge. Before the court is petitioner’s “Motion Under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct Sentence” (Docket No. 2), which the government opposed (Docket Nos. 25). Given that the residual clause in the career offender provision of the Sentencing Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing is not unconstitutionally vague, the motion is DENIED and the case DISMISSED.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Beckles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  5. Foster v. ChatmanSupreme Court of the United States · 2016

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